Downy Yellowjacket Vespula flavopilosa Jakobson, 1978    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hymenoptera   >   Family Vespidae   >   Genus Vespula   

Description:

Eastern Yellowjacket is very similar, but lacks yellow hairs on abdomen and thorax.

There are 21 records in the project database.

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Downy Yellowjackets in Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania (8/11/2011). Photo by Ben Coulter. (MBP list)

Downy Yellowjacket in Howard Co., Maryland (10/8/2015). (c) treichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Downy Yellowjacket in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/15/2023). (c) Laura Remley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by creepthecreek via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Downy Yellowjacket in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/23/2023). (c) Jesse C., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jesse C. via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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