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Vespula pensylvanica in life
In life — Western Yellowjacket, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Steven Mlodinow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven Mlodinow
BPBM 104051Entomology

Vespula pensylvanica

Western Yellowjacket

As recorded: Vespula pensylvanica (de Saussure, 1857)

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Vespidae

Collected by
Maa, Miyatake, and YoshimotoMiyatake Maa →Carl Masaru Yoshimoto →
Date
August 4, 1961
Locality
Kokee
Record type
Preserved specimen
94 Bishop specimens of Vespula pensylvanica · collected 1919–1991Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 4, 1961, Maa, Miyatake, and Yoshimoto also collected 11 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Vespula pensylvanica. BPBM 104051. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39644479. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/104051.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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