Vespula: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Vespula
Species
Scientific Name: Vespula

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Vespula

Vespula is a small genus of social wasps, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Along with members of their sister genus Dolichovespula, they are collectively known by the common name yellowjackets (or yellow jackets) in North America. Vespula species have a shorter oculomalar space (shown in the figure below right) and a more pronounced tendency to nest underground than Dolichovespula.

Vespula in languages:

Bokmål: kortkinnvepser
Chinese: 黃胡蜂屬
Czech: vosa
Dutch: Kortkopwespen
English: Ground Yellowjackets
Estonian: Maaherilane
German: Kurzkopfwespen
Japanese: クロスズメバチ属
Korean: 땅벌속
Modern Greek: Βέσπουλα
Russian: Осы
Russian: Короткощёкие осы
Swedish: Jordgetingar

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.

©robertoconte, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Pavel Kacl, some rights reserved (CC-BY)

©Pavel Kacl, some rights reserved (CC-BY)

©Pavel Kacl, some rights reserved (CC-BY)

©joyce_hostyn, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Óscar Sampedro, some rights reserved (CC-BY)

©gbaycoddage, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Shelby Franke, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©mcrott, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Robin Holm, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)

©Robin Holm, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)

©Sara Viale, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Margit Kildevang, some rights reserved (CC0)

©jamie-aa, some rights reserved (CC-BY)

©chrisdoty, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©chrisdoty, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©mobbini, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©apstamp45, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©trynn, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©alexwellls, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Benny Albro, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©FATCAT, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©kat-l, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©schoolstreetflowers, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©schoolstreetflowers, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©schoolstreetflowers, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Carla Morris, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©sharlie88, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Erik Stabell, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Erik Stabell, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Erik Stabell, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©jose9826, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©oleksandrshvets, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©oleksandrshvets, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ottermodder, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Jennifer Danhaus, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©jerrywang1515, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©LeanneDempsey, some rights reserved (CC-BY)

©erikschiff, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©inaturalisyac_, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©inaturalisyac_, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©lexilasichak, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©alexandre_blt, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©alexandre_blt, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©danomac15, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©aafiaayyaz, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ricepuddingg, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©debpiot, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Randy Lauff, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-SA)

©Randy Lauff, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-SA)

©Randy Lauff, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-SA)

©Randy Lauff, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-SA)

©David H. Cox, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Birdworld, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Birdworld, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©John Buckle, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©margherita_barucchi, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Antje Cramer, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©sadari, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Lasse Svarre, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©olga_gasova, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ineka, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ineka, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ineka, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ineka, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©desmondzuro, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©skoop211, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Roger Birkhead, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)

©Roger Birkhead, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)

©Martha, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Martha, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Martha, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Peter Abrahamsen, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Peter Abrahamsen, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Peter Abrahamsen, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©cjbarrett13, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©marklarson, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©marklarson, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©marklarson, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Donna J. Parry, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Donna J. Parry, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Donna J. Parry, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©erindisandro, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©cosmanb, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©cosmanb, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©cosmanb, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Sophia Boyd, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Sophia Boyd, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©val_os, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©phytospete, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Yazmin Bissenden, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Yazmin Bissenden, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©pmacgregor, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Nicolás Tamargo, some rights reserved (CC0)

©aliyamanjarrez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©moshelevi, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©nancyek, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©abanoubgabra, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©abanoubgabra, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©lolacanola, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©lolacanola, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©lolacanola, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©lolacanola, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©cicada_lover, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ineka, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ryanheine, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©streettwanderer, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©panosse, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Andres, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Andres, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Andres, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Karol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Karol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Karol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Nathan Peters, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Nathan Peters, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©nev6, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©nev6, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Yonathan Uriel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ecologyelise, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ecologyelise, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©kevinviscuso, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Leonid Rasran, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Leonid Rasran, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©hansu19, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©hansu19, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Wolfgang Bacher, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©wwinn, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©simbaxx, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Wouter Koch, some rights reserved (CC-BY)

©Viktoriia Sitmanbetova, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Beach2022, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Beach2022, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©hannahgmcdaniel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©abuc0825, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©pachecoa211, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©pachecoa211, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©azulavestruz, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©azulavestruz, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Dmitry Zhukov, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©mhassan6, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©alexdonald, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©alexdonald, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©normorality-zhou, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©normorality-zhou, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©normorality-zhou, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©normorality-zhou, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©normorality-zhou, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©dendrol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©dendrol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©dendrol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©dendrol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©dendrol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©dendrol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©dendrol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©dendrol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©dendrol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©dendrol, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Mary Welz, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©evanvaughan, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

Parent Taxon

Vespidae

Sibling Taxa

Child Taxa