Yellow Jacket - Notable Species

Notable Species

  • European yellow jackets (the German wasp, Vespula germanica and the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris) were originally native to Europe, but are now established in North America, southern Africa, New Zealand, and eastern Australia.
  • The Eastern yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons), and western yellow jacket (Vespula pensylvanica), are native to North America.
  • The Southern yellowjacket, Vespula squamosa
  • Bald-faced hornets, Dolichovespula maculata, belong among the yellow jackets rather than the true hornets, but are not usually called "yellow jackets" because of their ivory-on-black coloration.
  • Tree wasp, Dolichovespula sylvestris

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