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  8. Western Yellowjacket

species 20,700 observations

Western Yellowjacket

Vespula pensylvanica

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

532 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Common Manzanita, Common Yarrow, Checker Lily, Seaside Buckwheat 272
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Coyote Brush, California Beeplant, California Buckwheat, Marsh Baccharis 260

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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