Red wasps, like their name implies, are red. Treatment and advice Bumblebee 20–30mm long. Black and Yellow-striped Ichneumon Wasp (Gotra sp2) This Black and Yellow-striped Ichneumon Wasp is black with creamy yellow spots on the thorax and narrow creamy yellow bands on the back part of the abdomen. ... Found this wasp with the long tail crawling over some cut down tree wood that I will be stacking for fire wood. Yellow jackets are most commonly known for their yellow and black striped bodies. Unlike other wasps, they do not have stripes or other markings. A horn-tail wasp does have the capability of stinging humans and animals. legs are brown. European hornets often come to porch lights at night and they will also chew the bark off of small trees. Antennae are long, black at beginning and end yellow in middle. These yellow and black caterpillar markings make it look like a wasp to predators. If you encounter a wasp with yellowish or brown and black stripes, you may be looking at a paper wasp, another common social wasp, which can read 1 1/2 inches long. Red and Black Mason Wasps do not defend their nests and are not aggressive—in fact, they only pose a threat if mishandled or pinched. How to Identify a Hornet. Wasp 10–20mm long. The great black wasp is a very large wasp species, as its name infers. A hornet that has a black body with a single yellow stripe on it's tail is known as a horn-tail wasp. Hornets are social wasps, with yellow and black coloring and bodies that grow to 2 inches long. The antenna are black with white band. Yellow stripes with black spots at the end of their body. Some have longitudinal stripes, and others are banded. But our only black and white social wasp is the baldfaced hornet. Wasps are a hugely diverse group of insects. They are also slightly larger, measuring about three-quarters of an inch long. Saw about 4 of these black wasps on a dead tree trunk in northern minn. today. Once the caste is known, then a good view of the face will determine whether the wasp is a Dolichovespula or Vespula species. The underside of this antennal segment is either yellow or black in workers and predominantly yellow in males. They have the standard wasp body with large wings, large head and eyes, a very tiny, thin waist and then a large back end. There are many black and yellow striped snake in North America. Wasps vary in color, from a metallic blue to a dull red to solid black. The Cicada Killer Wasp. Both sexes are strikingly colored black, red and yellow which is similar to the warning coloration of common social wasps like yellow jackets which do possess painful stingers. Will sting. Black with various coloured bands ranging from dull yellow to orange. This wasp is black, mono-colored and without colored stripes, spots or other noticeable patterns on the body. European hornets often come to porch lights at night and they will also chew the bark off of small trees. EUROPEAN HORNET FACTS: These insects, which were first brought to North America in 1840, differ from most wasp species in that they are active day and night, so be careful when treating them. Advertisement. The O. Orkin Insect Zoo, located inside the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum ... man have yellow and black coloring; 7/16 to 5/8 inch long; appear to have hairy bodies.