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Southern Yellowjacket

Vespula squamosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 283, February 270, March 307, April 583, May 357, June 173, July 156, August 161, September 284, October 635, November 618, December 257.
United States16,336
Texas4,327
Pennsylvania1,422
North Carolina1,282
Maryland1,086
Virginia1,015
Georgia971
New Jersey768
Alabama761
New York624

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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