Bald Faced Hornet
This atypically large yellow jacket gets its common name from its largely black color but mostly white face. They are found through the U.S.
- Common Name: Baldfaced Hornet
- Scentific Name: Dolichovespula maculata (Linnaeus)
- Class/Order/Family: Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae
- Metamorphosis: Complete
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Size
Adult workers are about 5/8-3/4+" long; queens about 3/4+".
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Color
Black with white pattern on most of face. Two angled stripes on thorax towards head and on last 3 abdominal segments.
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Biology
Social insects which live in aerial nests.
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Habit
Nests can vary from shrubs or vines at ground level to 66 ft or higher in trees.
Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties