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title: "Eastern Yellowjacket"
description: "Vespula maculifrons — Insetti e ragni. The eastern yellowjacket (eastern yellow jacket; Vespula maculifrons) is a wasp found in eastern North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-yellowjacket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Yellowjacket

> Vespula maculifrons — Insetti e ragni. The eastern yellowjacket (eastern yellow jacket; Vespula maculifrons) is a wasp found in eastern North America.

- Scientific name: *Vespula maculifrons*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 41718
- Wikidata: [Q5330640](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5330640)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119994](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119994)

## Names

- en: Eastern Yellowjacket
- es: Avispa chaqueta amarilla del Este
- fr: Guêpe de l'est

## Countries with the most observations

US (32132), CA (4008), MX (9)

## Summary

The eastern yellowjacket (eastern yellow jacket; Vespula maculifrons) is a wasp found in eastern North America. Although most of their nests are subterranean, they are often considered a pest due to their nesting in recreational areas and buildings. This yellow jacket is a social insect, living in colonies of hundreds to thousands of individuals. Along with their subfamily, Vespinae, this species demonstrates supportive parental care for offspring, separation of reproductive and sterile castes, and overlapping generations. They aggressively defend their nests from threats and are known to inflict painful stings.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_yellowjacket

## Photo

![Eastern Yellowjacket](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-yellowjacket/medium.jpg)

Photo: grburgess · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135372124

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-yellowjacket?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).