Description: Western yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica), Vespidae family. My backyard, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The key feature of this species - the eye is completely surrounded by the yellow ring. Date: 2 November 2015, 11:09. Source: 2015.11.02_11.09.32_IMG_0474. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.