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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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