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 wasp Eumenes fraternus 8–12 mm Photo credit: Whitney Cranshaw European paper wasp Polistes dominula 8.5–13 mm Photo credit: Gary Alpert German yellowjacket Vespula germanica 8–18 mm Photo credit: Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org Baldfaced hornet Dolichovespula maculata 11–18 mm Wool carder bee: Not a wasp Photo credit: Sam O’Connell Pipe organ mud dauber Trypoxylon politum 13–22 mm Photo credit: Johnny N. Dell Grass carrying wasp Isodontia spp. 16–23 mm Photo credit: Joe Boggs Cicada killer wasp Sphecius speciosus 21–40 mm Photo credit: Joe Boggs Northern paper wasp Polistes fuscatus 13–17 mm Photo credit: Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org Eastern yellowjacket Vespula maculifrons 7–14 mm Photo credit: Joe Boggs European hornet Vespa crabro 16–25 mm Photo credit: David Cappaert Honey bee: Not a wasp Photo credit: Joe Boggs Great golden digger Sphex ichneumoneus 19–27 mm Great black wasp Sphex pensylvanicus 22–38 mm Photo credit: David Cappaert OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION Asian Giant Hornet Vespa 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 CFAES provides research and related educational programs to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis. For more information, visit cfaesdiversity.osu.edu. For an accessible format of this publication, visit cfaes.osu.edu/accessibility. beelab.osu.edu

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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: Whitney Cranshaw

Photo credit: Joe Boggs

Photo credit: Joaquin Alves Gaspar

CFAES provides research and related educational programs to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis. For more information, visit cfaesdiversity.osu.edu. For an accessible format of this publication, visit cfaes.osu.edu/accessibility.

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