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Downy Yellowjacket

Vespula flavopilosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 45, February 45, March 61, April 106, May 183, June 89, July 67, August 78, September 73, October 66, November 45, December 42.
United States4,125
Canada1,088
New York881
Ontario737
Massachusetts378
Pennsylvania371
Virginia260
West Virginia239
Maryland239
New Jersey231

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies · Vespidae
GenusGround Yellowjackets · Vespula

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