Eastern yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)

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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