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  2. 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]

  3. Characteristics of common wasps and bees - Wikipedia

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    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 Black and opaque bright yellow stripes Black and ivory white ...

  4. Pimpla rufipes - Wikipedia

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    The species Pimpla rufipes has several synonyms, which include Pimpla hypochondriaca and Pimpla instigator. Pimpla instigator (Fabricius, 1793) has been permanently rejected under the International code of Zoological Nomenclature, since the original name Ichneumon instigator Fabricius, 1793 is a junior homonym of Ichneumon instigator Rossius, 1790, which represents a pimpline species outside ...

  5. Scoliidae - Wikipedia

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    The Scoliidae, the scoliid wasps, are a family of wasps comprising about 560 species worldwide. They tend to be black, often marked with yellow or orange, and their wing tips are distinctively corrugated.

  6. Pygodasis - Wikipedia

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    Pygodasis are large wasps with an entirely black head, thorax, and tibial spurs. The abdomen is black, often with either yellow to orange spots or bands on the second and third tergites. The setae are usually black but in some species may be white or a mix of black and white. The wings may be hyaline, yellowish, or violaceous depending on the ...

  7. It’s a ‘big year for wasps’ in California. Here’s why and how ...

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    Wasps come in a variety of colors — from yellow and black to red and blue — and are split into two primary groups: social and solitary. Most wasps are solitary, non-stinging insects that do ...

  8. Sceliphron caementarium - Wikipedia

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    Sceliphron caementarium, also known as the yellow-legged mud-dauber wasp, black-and-yellow mud dauber (within the US), or black-waisted mud-dauber (outside of the US), is a species of sphecid wasp. There are some 30 other species of Sceliphron that occur throughout the world, though in appearance and habits they are quite similar to S ...

  9. Vespula germanica - Wikipedia

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    The German wasp is about 13 mm (0.5 in) long, has a mass of 74.1 ± 9.6 mg, [2] and has typical wasp colours of black and yellow. It is very similar to the common wasp (V. vulgaris), but unlike the common wasp, has three tiny black dots on the clypeus. To further complicate the issue this only applies to workers.