How far will a yellow jacket chase you?

Yellow jackets and paper wasps will not chase you very far, unless you have destroyed their nest. Hornets can chase you up to 91 m (100 m).

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Species of Ground yellowjackets

Widow yellowjacket Blackjacket Eastern Yellow Jacket Common wasp German yellowjacket Red wasp Alaska yellowjacket Western yellowjacket Southern Yellowjacket Common asiatic yellowjacket Prairie yellowjacket Forest yellowjacket Downy yellowjacket

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Eastern Yellow Jacket (Vespula maculifrons)

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