Paravespula

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Paravespula
German wasp
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Vespula
Subgenus: Paravespula
Blüthgen, 1938

Paravespula is a small subgenus of yellowjacket wasps, including two of the best-known wasp species in the world; the German wasp, Vespula germanica, and the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris. It is occasionally treated as a separate genus, but this is not widely accepted.

These particular wasps have a tendency to make underground nest with the opening usually showing from a crack in a wall or an opening in a small grass hill which makes it quite difficult to locate inorder to get them removed. The wasps are also quite aggressive and usually attack if their nest is threatened but they will sometimes attack you if you accidentally happen to cross their path and get in their way or if they feel threatened.