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  2. Eastern yellowjacket - Wikipedia

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    Vespula inexpectata Landolt et al., 2010 (Missp.) The eastern yellow jacket or eastern yellowjacket ( Vespula maculifrons) is a wasp found in eastern North America. [ 1] Although most of their nests are subterranean, they are often considered a pest due to their nesting in recreational areas and buildings. [ 2]

  3. Yellowjacket - Wikipedia

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    Yellowjacket. Yellowjacket or yellow jacket 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 countries. Most of these are black and yellow like the eastern yellowjacket ( Vespula maculifrons) and the aerial ...

  4. Vespula germanica - Wikipedia

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    Vespula germanica, the European wasp, German wasp, or German yellowjacket is a species of wasp found in much of the Northern Hemisphere, native to Europe, Northern Africa, and temperate Asia. It has spread and become well-established in many other places, including North America, South America ( Argentina and Chile ), Australia, South Africa ...

  5. Sphecius speciosus - Wikipedia

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    Sphecius speciosus, often simply referred to as the cicada killer or the cicada hawk, is a large, solitary digger wasp species in the family Crabronidae.The name may be applied to any species of crabronid that preys on cicadas, though in North America, it is typically applied to this species, also referred to as the eastern cicada killer in order to further differentiate it from the multiple ...

  6. European hornet - Wikipedia

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    The European hornet ( Vespa crabro) is the largest eusocial wasp native to Europe. It is also the only true hornet (genus Vespa) found in North America, having been introduced to the United States and Canada from Europe as early as 1840. [ 1][ 2] Vespines, such as V. crabro, are known for making intricate paper-like nests out of surrounding ...

  7. Wasp - Wikipedia

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    Wasp. A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. The wasps do not constitute a clade, a complete natural group with a single ancestor, as bees and ants ...

  8. Vespula rufa - Wikipedia

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    Vespula rufa, commonly known as the red wasp, [ 3] is a social wasp species belonging to the genus Vespula. It is found in northern and central Europe, parts of Asia, [ 4] and northern parts of North America. [ 4] Vespula rufa is characterised by red-brown markings and body segmentation, with the appearance varying amongst the different roles ...

  9. Characteristics of common wasps and bees - Wikipedia

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    Large paper nest, upside down pear shaped, hanging from branches and eaves; also barns and attics. Some yellowjacket species nest in the ground. Very large paper nest in hollow trees, sheltered positions. Has a brown, protective layer when the nest is in an unsheltered position. Also found in barns, attics, hollow walls and abandoned bee hives.

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