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Boreal Yellowjacket
Vespula austriaca
Vespula austriaca is an obligate parasitic wasp, parasitizing the nests of other species in the genus Vespula. Its common host species include V. acadica in the United States and V. rufa in Europe, Japan, and East Siberia. It is sometimes called the cuckoo yellowjacket wasp due to its inquiline lifestyle. V. austriaca wasps pollinate orchids. They differ from other parasitic wasps in their intensely aggressive behavior during invasion and occupation of the host colony. Several morphological...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 233557.