Dolichovespula vs Yellowjacket - What's the difference?
dolichovespula | yellowjacket |
Dolichovespula has no English definition.
(chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula'' or ''Dolichovespula .
* 2002 , Dennis R. Pittenger, California Master Gardener Handbook ,
* 2002 , Roger D. Akre, Hal C. Reed, 19: Ants, Wasps an Bees (Hymenoptera)'', Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden (editors), ''Medical and Veterinary Entomology ,
* 2007 , James H. Hunt, The Evolution of Social Wasps ,
* 2010 , Ray Schar, Wonderfully Weird World ,
Dolichovespula is likely misspelled.
Dolichovespula has no English definition.
As a noun yellowjacket is
a predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.dolichovespula
Not English
Dolichovespula has no English definition. It may be misspelled.yellowjacket
English
(wikipedia yellowjacket) (Vespula) (Dolichovespula)Noun
(en noun)page 183,
- Yellowjackets (Vespula'' spp.) and paper wasps (''Polistes spp.) are beneficial insects in that they are predators of house flies and insect pests that damage landscape trees and crops.
page 398,
- The eastern yellowjacket''''' (''V. maeulifrons'') and the ''hybrid '''yellowjacket''''' (''V. flavopilosa'') are major picnic and campsite pests, especially in the fall in the eastern United States.Many people are stung while getting a drink of water from fountains frequented by ' yellowjackets seeking water.
page 61,
- Vespula'' and ''Dolichovespula'', collectively called yellowjackets''', are broadly distributed in subarctic and temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, extending no farther into the tropics than high elevations at the temperate/tropical boundary (Hunt et al. 2001a).The wasp in your summertime can of soda or beer is a ' yellowjacket .
page 33,
- Rotting fruit lying on the ground in the back yard are drawing yellowjackets , got to get rid of them before one of the dogs get stung.