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  2. Characteristics of common wasps and bees - Wikipedia

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    Bald-faced hornet European hornet Asian hornet; Image Colors Amber to brown translucent alternating with black stripes. [a] Exact pattern and colouration varies depending on strain/breed. Yellow with black stripes, sometimes with olive, brown, orange-brown, red, [1] white, or as in Bombus pratorum, dark. [2] Dusty yellow to dark brown or black

  3. Yellowjacket - Wikipedia

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    Face of a southern yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa)Yellowjackets may be confused with other wasps, such as hornets and paper wasps such as Polistes dominula.A typical yellowjacket worker is about 12 mm (0.47 in) long, with alternating bands on the abdomen; the queen is larger, about 19 mm (0.75 in) long (the different patterns on their abdomens help separate various species).

  4. Vespula squamosa - Wikipedia

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    Vespula squamosa, or the southern yellowjacket, is a social wasp.This species can be identified by its distinctive black and yellow patterning and orange queen. [1] This species is typically found in eastern North America, and its territory extends as far south as Central America. [1]

  5. Search and destroy mission for yellow-legged hornet ... - AOL

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    The yellow-legged hornet is oftentimes confused with native insects like the cicada killer wasp, bald-faced hornet, northern giant hornet, paper wasp, queen, wood wasp, queen yellowjacket, and ...

  6. Hornet - Wikipedia

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    Intriguingly, this hornet attraction to honey bee pheromone is also exploited by the orchid Dendrobium christyanum, which mimics the honey bee alarm pheromone in its flowers' scent to attract hornets that visit and pollinate the flowers. Bee-hunting hornets therefore likely visit the non-rewarding flowers in search of prey. [17]

  7. Yellow-legged hornets show up in US. 9 things you ... - AOL

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    While the yellow-legged hornet is not very aggressive toward humans, it poses a huge risk to the honeybee population. Yellow-legged hornets show up in US. 9 things you should know as Florida keeps ...

  8. Wasp - Wikipedia

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    The placement of nests varies from group to group; yellow jackets such as Dolichovespula media and D. sylvestris prefer to nest in trees and shrubs; Protopolybia exigua attaches its nests on the underside of leaves and branches; Polistes erythrocephalus chooses sites close to a water source. [22]

  9. Invasive, bee-eating hornet found in Georgia alarmed experts ...

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    On Aug. 9, the Georgia Department of Agriculture verified the first sighting of a yellow-legged hornet, a wasp species from Southeast Asia that feeds on honey bees. The hornet was spotted by a ...