Yellowjacket
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Yellowjacket is the common name in North America for predatory social wasps of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. Members of these genera are known simply as "wasps" in other English-speaking coun
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Face of a southern yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa)
Yellowjacket stinger in its sheath in a scanning electron microscope
Yellowjacket eating an apple
Eastern yellowjacket
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The eastern yellowjacket is a wasp found in eastern North America. Although most of their nests are subterranean, they are often considered a pest due to their nesting in recreational areas and buildi
Yellowjacket
…Dolichovespula. Members of these genera are known simply as "wasps" in other English-speaking countries. Most of these are black and yellow like the eastern yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) and the aerial yellowjacket (Dolichovespula arenaria); some are black and white like the bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula…
Vespula maculifrons. Queen Anne's lace
Licking sugar from a donut hole at Russell R. Kirt Prairie, Illinois