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Wasp

Vespula vulgaris

Habitat:

Garden

2 Species ID Suggestions

ShannonE
ShannonE 11 years ago
Common Wasp or Yellow Jacket
Vespula vulgaris Vespula vulgaris
Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago
Yellow Jacket
Allantus viennensis Yellow jacket


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6 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Shannon : Oh..thank you...so sweet of you...

ShannonE
ShannonE 11 years ago

Haha No worries! It's always good to learn!

Oto
Oto 11 years ago

Thank you for help with identification

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@ShannonE: Thank you for the correction friend...am new to world of species and biological terms...learning now...so mistakes happen....

ShannonE
ShannonE 11 years ago

I agree that this is a yellow jacket, but I don't agree with the species posted by Adarsha, as he posted a scientific name of an animal that is not, in fact, a yellow jacket. He links to the correct family on Wikipedia, however.

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Its an yellow jacket wasp.....

Oto
Spotted by
Oto

Gioiosa Marea, Italy

Spotted on Aug 23, 2008
Submitted on Oct 3, 2012

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