Prairie yellowjacket (Vespula atropilosa)

capturing calliphorid fly attracted to chicken liver bait. Image location: Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Photograph by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Prairie yellowjacket | Vespula atropilosa photo

overwintering queen
Photograph by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

PRAIRIE YELLOWJACKET FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Genus:	Vespula
Species:	atropilosa
Common Name:	Prairie yellowjacket

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

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