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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.
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.
24. Jan. 2023 · The yellow paper wasp is a brightly colored sizeable vespid wasp with an orangey-yellow thorax, yellow abdomen, yellow legs, and brown wings. The bright yellow color of the wasp is its main identifying feature. The yellow wasps are generally found in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Yellowjacket wasps are black-and-yellow wasps of the genus Vespula or Dolichovespula (though some can be black-and-white, the most notable of these being the bald-faced hornet, Dolichovespula maculata).
16. Mai 2024 · yellow jacket, any of 35–40 species (genus Dolichovespula or Vespula) of social wasps, principally of the Northern Hemisphere. Despite the common name yellow jacket —which is used in reference to the typical coloration of the abdomen, with yellow and black markings—some species are white and black, and others are marked with red.
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The 'yellow jacket' refers to the striking black and yellow markings all over the body of Vespula wasps. Their small size relative to other common wasps is also a quick identifier of yellowjackets. Worker females and males are a half inch in length with a black body and bright yellow markings on the head, thorax, abdomen and legs. The wings are ...
Vespula squamosa, or the southern yellowjacket, is a social wasp. This species can be identified by its distinctive black and yellow patterning and orange queen. This species is typically found in eastern North America, and its territory extends as far south as Central America.
