Just like last time, if there is a wasp/hornet you would like more information on, leave a comment and I'll do a whole post dedicated to them!
1) Yellow Jackets
These are the wasps that cause the most sting injuries. They are able to sting repeatedly and will most often be around when there are a variety of meats and sweets available to them. This food is fed to their young. They can nest in the ground or above the ground in paper nests.
2) Bald Faced Hornet
These are black hornets that have white markings on the head (like the one in the picture) or at the base by the stinger. These hornets can be extremely aggressive. They build huge paper nests where they rear their young and the female hornets will fly outside the nest and sting repeatedly when attacked. There are around 400 wasps inside each fully formed nest.
3) Organ Pipe Mud Dauber Wasp
These wasps are among the "best" type to have around. The males will stay inside the mud tube that they've build to live in. The females will go around collecting spiders. These wasps will never sting unless they are squeezed, at which point they sting only in self defense. They keep spider populations down.
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