Yellow jackets and paper wasps are typically a familiar sight this time of year – buzzing around gardens, patios and hiking ...

Yellow jackets are honey-bee size wasp (about 1/2 to 3/4 inch long) that is black in color with bright yellow markings. (Honey bees are golden or brown.) Yellow jackets build paper nests similar ...

Yellow jackets are a common wasp in North America. Generally, wasp nests don’t last through the winter, but in temperate climates like Louisiana, a nest can endure through the winter months if ...

Yellow jackets may be mistaken for other stinging insects, including wasps and bees, but there are several ways to tell them apart. Although they are a type of wasp, yellow jackets feature black ...

Unlike paper wasps and bald-faced hornets, yellow jacket nests often remain hidden underground. “They can knock the daylights out of you if you mow over them,” Landolt said.

Remove the stinger. Although yellow jackets don’t normally leave a stinger, sometimes they do. The stinger looks like a tiny black dot in the area of the sting. Use your fingernail or a credit ...

Yellow Jacket vs. Paper Wasp Comparison Below you’ll find a summary of the seven common traits of paper wasps and yellow jackets, as well as how the two species differ.

Yellow jacket wasps feed their young liquefied insects, with caterpillars, flies and spiders comprising the largest food groups during most of the summer. The effect: Adios, garden pests!