Melissa in the Morning: Southern Yellowjackets

The female wasp sank down on an old board and raised her wings to bask in the sun.

Melissa in the Morning: Southern Yellowjackets

There’s a bigger and more aggressive strain of yellowjackets in our state called the Southern Yellowjackets. A yellowjacket expert, Norman Patterson Jr., told us why this new species of yellowjacket is hanging around Connecticut and how to protect yourselves from them.

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