Vespidae
Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)
Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)
Vespula germanica, the German wasp, is an invasive predatory wasp originally from Eurasia and North Africa.
Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vespula vulgaris, the common wasp, is an adaptable Palearctic wasp that is invasive in multiple regions outside its native range.
Vespula atropilosa (Sladen, 1918)
Vespula atropilosa (Sladen, 1918)
Vespula atropilosa is a black-and-yellow prairie wasp found across western and central North America.
Vespula vidua (de Saussure, 1854)
Vespula vidua (de Saussure, 1854)
Vespula vidua, commonly called long or widow yellowjacket, is a stinging wasp species in the family Vespidae.
Vespula rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vespula rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vespula rufa is a common wasp with distinct morphological traits found across the Palearctic and northern North America.
Vespula acadica (Sladen, 1918)
Vespula acadica (Sladen, 1918)
Vespula acadica is a 10–15 mm black-and-yellow North American wasp that can be distinguished from similar Vespula species by specific abdominal markings.
Vespula flavopilosa Jakobson, 1978
Vespula flavopilosa Jakobson, 1978
Vespula flavopilosa, the downy yellowjacket, is a North American yellowjacket species.
Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)
Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)
Vespula squamosa, the southern yellowjacket, is a North American wasp with distinct physical features and habitat preferences.
Vespula sulphurea (de Saussure, 1854)
Vespula sulphurea (de Saussure, 1854)
Vespula sulphurea, the California yellowjacket, is a North American wasp species in the Vespidae family.
Vespula alascensis (Packard, 1870)
Vespula alascensis (Packard, 1870)
Vespula alascensis, the Alaska yellowjacket, is a distinct North American yellowjacket species that generally nests in the ground.
Vespula flaviceps (Smith, 1870)
Vespula flaviceps (Smith, 1870)
Vespula flaviceps is a social wasp from Eastern Asia and Japan, harvested as food in parts of Japan.
Vespula arisana (Sonan, 1929)
Vespula arisana (Sonan, 1929)
Vespula arisana, the Taiwan yellowjacket, is an endemic wasp species of Taiwan, with little known about it.
Ancistrocerus adiabatus (de Saussure, 1853)
Ancistrocerus adiabatus (de Saussure, 1853)
Ancistrocerus adiabatus is a multivoltine, sometimes migrating species of potter wasp with adults growing up to 11 mm long.
Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798)
Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798)
Ancistrocerus gazella is a non-painfully stinging potter wasp native to Europe and North Africa, now also established in New Zealand.
Ancistrocerus campestris (de Saussure, 1853)
Ancistrocerus campestris (de Saussure, 1853)
Ancistrocerus campestris is a small potter wasp species that preys on specific caterpillars.
Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)
Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)
Ancistrocerus nigricornis is a medium-sized solitary yellow-and-black potter wasp found across multiple regions of Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Eumenes fraternus Say, 1824
Eumenes fraternus Say, 1824
Eumenes fraternus is a potter wasp found in eastern North America, distinguishable from close relatives by shorter antennal pubescence.
Eumenes consobrinus de Saussure, 1856
Eumenes consobrinus de Saussure, 1856
Eumenes is a large widespread wasp genus that all builds jug-like mud nests and feeds larvae caterpillars.
Eumenes crucifera Prov., 1888
Eumenes crucifera Prov., 1888
Eumenes crucifera, the cross potter wasp, is a variable North American potter wasp with a revised 2018 taxonomy.
Eumenes mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Eumenes mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Eumenes mediterraneus is a wasp with distinct black-and-yellow body markings, found across Europe, the Near East, and North Africa.
Odynerus spinipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Odynerus spinipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Odynerus spinipes, the spiny mason wasp, is a type of potter wasp found across northwestern Europe, with an extra record from Kazakhstan.
Brachygastra mellifica (Say, 1837)
Brachygastra mellifica (Say, 1837)
Brachygastra mellifica, the Mexican honey wasp, is a honey-producing neotropical social wasp eaten as a delicacy and used for pest control and avocado pollination.
Brachygastra lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)
Brachygastra lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)
Brachygastra lecheguana is an American wasp that acts as a pollinator and is used in traditional community medicine.
Apoica pallida (Olivier, 1791)
Apoica pallida (Olivier, 1791)
Apoica pallida is a nocturnal eusocial wasp of the subfamily Polistinae, known as marimbondo-chapéu in Brazil.
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