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Eastern Yellowjacket

Vespula maculifrons

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 233, February 240, March 379, April 742, May 1,425, June 668, July 503, August 595, September 846, October 392, November 245, December 218.
United States34,910
Canada7,782
Ontario3,099
Virginia2,858
New York2,603
North Carolina2,528
Ohio2,407
Massachusetts2,358
Maryland2,091
Pennsylvania1,978

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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Practise Eastern Yellowjacket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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