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Key to Vespid genera
Key to Vespid Genera
The Key to the Yellowjackets
These keys are for use on female workers of the subfamily Vespinae found in the Northwest U.S. and adjacent Canada.
There are two keys to the yellowjackets:
| Technical Key | This is intended for people with entomology experience and access to a microscope. |
| Artificial Key | This assumes little entomology experience and no access to a scope. Identification through this key is more likely to be equivocal; tenative couplets are mentioned. |
To construct this key the following keys were consulted (and some couplets borrowed): Akre et al. (1980), MacDonald and Deyrup (1989), Miller (1961), Bohart and Bechtel (1957), and Ebeling (1975).
All micrographs are original, created by the author. They may be reused for non-commercial use, with acknowledgment of their source. Line drawings are based on Akre et al. (1980), redrawn by the author.
Last updated Monday, August 07, 2006, by Lisa Ferrier
