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Brownish in color, paper wasps consume dead wood material to build their waterproof, umbrella-shaped nests in residential yards. Their colonies usually contain between 12 and 100 wasps.

Bald-faced hornets are black with white patterns on most of the face. These wasps build their paper nests 3-4 feet off the ground in trees, shrubs, houses, sheds, or other structures. Their colonies contain between 100 and 400 wasps—yikes!

Usually black with pale markings or a blue metallic luster, mud daubers construct their nests out of mud. They tend to build their nests in sheltered areas such as under eaves, on porch ceilings, and in garages, sheds, barns, and attics, and they do not live in colonies.

With yellow and black patterns over their head and body, yellowjackets live in colonies with up to 4,000 workers (double yikes!). They construct their paper nests in trees, shrubs, or other protected places such as soil cavities and tree stumps.

Cicada killer wasps nest in the ground, leaving mounds of dirt with a hole in the center. Their nests are often found in places where sunlight is present, near shrubs or the sidewalk. These black and pale yellow solitary wasps do not live in colonies.