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 Western yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)

Western yellowjacket | Vespula pensylvanica photo
Western yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica) on a fennel flower (Foeniculum vulgare), near Robber's Peak, Orange, CA, USA
Photograph by Davefoc. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)




Western yellowjacket | Vespula pensylvanica photo
Western yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica) on a fennel flower (Foeniculum vulgare)
Photograph by Davefoc. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)

Western yellowjacket | Vespula pensylvanica photo
Western Yellowjacket. Queen, San Jose, California, USA
Photograph by Eugene Zelenko. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)





WESTERN YELLOWJACKET FACTS
Classification
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Vespidae
Genus:Vespula
Species:pensylvanica
Common Name:Western yellowjacket


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





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