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Common Aerial Yellowjacket

Dolichovespula arenaria

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 175, February 179, March 283, April 555, May 1,065, June 499, July 453, August 1,167, September 421, October 293, November 183, December 163.
United States13,470
Canada6,502
Ontario2,977
British Columbia1,156
Massachusetts1,146
New York1,090
California787
Quebec760
Washington745
Vermont603

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
GenusAerial Yellowjackets · Dolichovespula

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