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24 de ene. de 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 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.
Learn about yellow jacket wasps, black-and-yellow insects that live in colonies and can sting. Find out how they reproduce, where they nest, and how to avoid them.
Yellow Jacket Wasp Identification. Photo by Melissa McMasters. 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.
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.
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.
25 de jun. de 2024 · Learn about yellow jacket, a genus of social wasps with 35–40 species, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere. Find out how they differ from hornets, how they build nests, and how they sting.
