OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION October 2021 Upcoming Events
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
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Potter wasp nest
Paper wasp nest
Yellowjacket nest entrance (Nests are in the ground
or in a wall cavity.)
Baldfaced hornet nest
Mud dauber tubes
Grass carrying pupa (Pupa is often found in window sashes or in bee hotel tubes.)
Photo credit: Jon Yuschock
Potter waspEumenes fraternus
8–12 mm
Photo credit: Whitney Cranshaw
European paper waspPolistes dominula
8.5–13 mm
Photo credit: Gary Alpert
German yellowjacketVespula germanica
8–18 mm
Photo credit: Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org
Baldfaced hornetDolichovespula
maculata11–18 mm
Wool carder bee: Not a wasp
Photo credit: Sam O’Connell
Pipe organ mud dauberTrypoxylon politum
13–22 mm
Photo credit: Johnny N. Dell
Grass carrying waspIsodontia spp.
16–23 mm
Photo credit: Joe Boggs
Cicada killer waspSphecius speciosus
21–40 mm
Photo credit: Joe Boggs
Northern paper waspPolistes fuscatus
13–17 mm
Photo credit: Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org
Eastern yellowjacketVespula maculifrons
7–14 mm
Photo credit: Joe Boggs
European hornetVespa crabro
16–25 mm
Photo credit: David Cappaert
Honey bee: Not a wasp
Photo credit: Joe Boggs
Great golden diggerSphex ichneumoneus
19–27 mm
Great black waspSphex pensylvanicus
22–38 mm
Photo credit: David Cappaert
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
Asian Giant HornetVespa mandarinia
38–50 mm
Photo credit: Ashley Kulhanek
Photo credit: Sheri Hartman
NOT IN OHIO
Vespidae Family Crabronidae Family Sphecidae Family Social wasps Solitary wasps
Great golden digger
Great black wasp
European hornet
Paper wasp
Cicada killer wasp
Yellowjacket wasp
Asian Giant Hornet
Photo credit: Joe Boggs
Photo credit: Joe Boggs
Photo credit: Whitney Cranshaw
Photo credit: Joe Boggs
Photo credit: Joe Boggs
Photo credit: Joaquin Alves Gaspar
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