Yellowjackets
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Paper Wasps
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European Hornets
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| Appearance: Stout body with black and bright yellow markings. |
Appearance: Long body with thin waists; long legs dangle down while in flight. |
Appearance: Large; up to 1-1/4 inches long with a red-brown head and thorax. |
| Habits: Rapid fliers; aggressive; capable of inflicing multiple stings and bites; live in large colonies; defend nests vigorously. |
Habits: Search vegetation for prey; visit flowers for nectar; less aggressive than yellowjackets. |
Habits: Will fly at night and are attracted to light; eat ripe or near-ripe fruit such as apples, puncturing a hole and hollowing out the fruit; raid domestic honey bee hives. |
| Nests: Multilayered carton nests mostly in the ground, although some are build in trees or wall voids. Single opening. |
Nests: Small multiple-comb nests in shape of upside down umbrella; most often attached to eaves of buildings. |
Nests: Normally a woodland species which nests in hollow trees. Sometimes nest too close to human-occupied structures such as attics and hollow walls. |
