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Bald-faced Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula maculata)
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Copyright © 2005
Bill Johnson
Wasp -
Dolichovespula maculata
District of Columbia, USA
September 20, 2004
I realize that this is a bad angle to ID from, but any possibilities?
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Contributed by
Bill Johnson
on 27 January, 2005 - 5:27pm
Last updated 25 November, 2011 - 9:33am
Bald-faced "hornet"
This is a male bald-faced "hornet," Dolichovespula maculata. The genus is a yellow jacket genus (true hornets are Vespa sp.), but D. maculata is a large species, and colored unlike other yellow jackets. They are non-aggressive, and superb biological controls of flies.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 27 January, 2005 - 6:06pm
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Seen Plenty of these!
I even got face to face with one! It seemed fascinated with just
looking
at me! And no it didn't sting me.
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Brittanie McCormack
, 9 July, 2006 - 1:15pm
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Bald-faced Hornet
Of course. I should have seen that, I have many images from other angles of that species. Thanks.
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Bill Johnson
, 27 January, 2005 - 8:31pm
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