Western yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)

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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