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INSECTS

Blackjacket

Vespula consobrina

Insects
Native
Blackjacket, Adult
Blackjacket, Male
Blackjacket, Female

Hymenopteran in the family Vespidae. Lives in forests.

There are 211 observations of Blackjacket in Québec, mostly in Capitale-Nationale, Laurentides and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Capitale-Nationale31
  2. Laurentides20
  3. Outaouais19
  4. Abitibi-Témiscamingue19
  5. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean17
  6. Estrie15
  7. Lanaudière14
  8. Côte-Nord14
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent13
  10. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine12
  11. Montréal12
  12. Montérégie11
  13. Mauricie7
  14. Chaudière-Appalaches4
  15. Centre-du-Québec3

Habitat

ForestMario Hains

Similar species

Bald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculata
Parasitic Aerial YellowjacketDolichovespula arctica
Northern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatus
Walden’s Potter WaspAncistrocerus waldenii
Forest YellowjacketVespula acadica
Northern Aerial YellowjacketDolichovespula norvegicoides
Common Aerial YellowjacketDolichovespula arenaria
White-banded Potter WaspAncistrocerus albophaleratus
American YellowjacketVespula alascensis
Widow YellowjacketVespula vidua
Fraternal Potter WaspEumenes fraternus
Eastern YellowjacketVespula maculifrons