[birdy866]

I need help in identification of this black-yellow wasp/bee. It has nearly the same size that of a hover fly. It makes nest in ground.

[birdy866]

Here is the picture

[Catsmine]

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[birdy866]

Thanks for the guidance.

[Catsmine]

That makes it soooo much easier to identify your yellow jacket. Look at the different species at this link.

The Yellow Jacket Wasp ....................................

[birdy866]

Thanks for the answer. As regard my knowledge Yellow Jacket live in colonies. While the above wasp/bee is some sort of solitary wasp/bee. More over it is not aggressive.

[Catsmine]

Yellow Jacket live in colonies.

Not necessarily. There are at least seventeen different species of wasp in North America that are called "Yellow Jackets." A few are solitary wasps.

The possibility that this wasp just happened to have the same coloration also exists.