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  2. Vespula squamosa - Wikipedia

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    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. [1] This species is typically found in eastern North America, and its territory extends as far south as Central America. [1]

  3. Characteristics of common wasps and bees - Wikipedia

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    Amber to brown translucent alternating with black stripes. [a] Exact pattern and colouration varies depending on strain/breed. Yellow with black stripes, sometimes with olive, brown, orange-brown, red, [1] white, or as in Bombus pratorum, dark. [2] Dusty yellow to dark brown or black Black and opaque bright yellow stripes Black and ivory white ...

  4. Polybia occidentalis - Wikipedia

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    P. occidentalis is a black and yellow wasp - a black base with few yellow stripes on its abdomen. Its wings are thin and the thorax is attached to the abdomen by a long, thin petiole. [7] Workers have a mean dry weight ranging from 3.80 to 6.71 mg. Its costal length ranges from 3.6 to 4.7 mm. [8] Queen wasps are differentiated from workers ...

  5. Yellowjacket - Wikipedia

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    The response is down to one wasp after seven minutes. Yellow jacket wasp catches green bottle fly to feed its larvae, followed by the final catch in slow motion. rabbit carrion is four days old. Yellowjacket wasps using a stone as a landmark to navigate to their nest entrance. When the stone moved, they continued for a time to return orienting ...

  6. It’s a ‘big year for wasps’ in California. Here’s why and how ...

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    Wasps come in a variety of colors — from yellow and black to red and blue — and are split into two primary groups: social and solitary. Most wasps are solitary, non-stinging insects that do ...

  7. Dolichovespula sylvestris - Wikipedia

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    Despite being called the tree wasp, it builds both aerial and underground paper nests, and can be found in rural and urban habitats. [2] D. sylvestris is a medium-sized wasp that has yellow and black stripes and a black dot in the center of its clypeus. [3] It is most common to see this wasp between May and September during its 3.5 month colony ...

  8. Vespula germanica - Wikipedia

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    The German wasp is about 13 mm (0.5 in) long, has a mass of 74.1 ± 9.6 mg, [2] and has typical wasp colours of black and yellow. It is very similar to the common wasp (V. vulgaris), but unlike the common wasp, has three tiny black dots on the clypeus. To further complicate the issue this only applies to workers.

  9. Sceliphron caementarium - Wikipedia

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    Sceliphron caementarium, also known as the yellow-legged mud-dauber wasp, black-and-yellow mud dauber (within the US), or black-waisted mud-dauber (outside of the US), is a species of sphecid wasp. There are some 30 other species of Sceliphron that occur throughout the world, though in appearance and habits they are quite similar to S ...