Kelvin Wiley🕷

To me personally, yellowjackets look like little luxury sports cars! I especially love the look of this Common Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula arenaria) that I caught. Yellowjackets, like many other wasp species that live in colonies, construct their nests from collecting wood that they chew and mix using their saliva. The mixture is called wood pulp and the queen will be the first one to begin the construction of the nest during early spring. Yellowjackets are beneficial pollinators and are useful in the spreading of many fruit plants. They are also excellent predators for a whole host of insects, many of which can be pests for farmers and gardeners. When threatened, Common Aerial Yellowjacket females will deliver a venomous sting to their potential threat. Like many other species of wasps who are defensive when a perceived enemy enters near their nest, worker Common Aerial Yellowjackets will deliver a series of continuous stings until their foe retreats. One interesting ability that these yellowjacket species possess is a defense known as venom spraying. While workers are residing on the outside of their nest, they’ll spray their venom out from their stingers in a mist from birds who typically feed on insects! This form of deterrent can be very effective if the mist of venom gets into the mouth, eyes, and nasal passages of the bird. *Hand drawn stickers added to my store’s website for purchase via link in bio! Please subscribe to my YouTube channel if you haven’t already! Link in bio also :)*⁣⁣⁣⁣
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