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 Eastern yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)

Eastern yellowjacket | Vespula maculifrons photo
Vespula maculifrons on Solidago canadensis, photographed in Algonquin Provincial Park
Photograph by Rrburke. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)








EASTERN YELLOWJACKET FACTS
Classification
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Vespidae
Genus:Vespula
Species:maculifrons
Common Name:Eastern yellowjacket


Relatives in same Genus
  Forest yellowjacket (V. acadica)
  Prairie yellowjacket (V. atropilosa)
  German yellowjacket (V. germanica)
  Western yellowjacket (V. pensylvanica)
  Southern yellowjacket (V. squamosa)





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