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Western Yellowjacket

Vespula pensylvanica

Description:

Spotted on a pear fruit

Habitat:

urban

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4 Comments

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Thank you guilhermeam80 for your comment!

Guilherme Melman
Guilherme Melman 10 years ago

So cool!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Thanks Gordon!

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 10 years ago

This is a Vespula wasp; yellowjacket. You may be able to refine an ID by starting at this page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/554/bgpage... and sorting through the options. Nice series of photos!

Noel Buensuceso
Spotted by
Noel Buensuceso

Spokane, Washington, USA

Spotted on Sep 6, 2013
Submitted on Feb 16, 2014

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