Vespula vulgaris

Common wasp
	Vespula vulgaris queen
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Genus:	Vespula
Species:	V. vulgaris
Binomial name
	Vespula vulgaris; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Vespa vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758; Vespa sexcincta Panzer, 1799; Vespa westwoodii Shipp, 1893; Vespa westwoodi Dalla Torre, 1904 (Lapsus); Vespa vulgaris var. pseudogermanica Stolfa, 1932; Vespula rufosignata Eck, 1998; Vespula vulgaris vetus Eck, 1999; Paravespula vulgaris (Linnaeus. 1758);

Vespula vulgaris, known as the common wasp, is a species found in regions that include the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, India, China, New Zealand^[1] and Australia. It is sometimes known in English as the European wasp, but the same name is used for the species Vespula germanica or German wasp. In 2010, the ostensible Vespula vulgaris wasps in North America were found to be a different species, Vespula alascensis.^[2]

^ Noted. "Wasps: The $2 billion threat to New Zealand's birds and bees". Noted. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
^ Carpenter, James M.; Glare, Travis R. (2010). "Misidentification of Vespula alascensis as V. vulgaris in North America (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Vespinae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3690): 1–7. doi:10.1206/706.1. hdl:2246/6074. S2CID 73599945.

[:12-1] Noted. "Wasps: The $2 billion threat to New Zealand's birds and bees". Noted. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

[digitallibrary.amnh.org-2] Carpenter, James M.; Glare, Travis R. (2010). "Misidentification of Vespula alascensis as V. vulgaris in North America (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Vespinae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3690): 1–7. doi:10.1206/706.1. hdl:2246/6074. S2CID 73599945.

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