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Yellowjacket wasp - Polistes dominula - female
Copyright © 2007 Vincent J Hickey

Yellowjacket wasp - Polistes dominula - Female
Kennebunk, ME, York County, Maine, USA
May 14, 2007
Size: ~18mm
Usual trouble w/black/yellow wasps

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Yellowjacket wasp - Polistes dominula - female Paper wasp - Polistes dominula - female
Contributed by Vincent J Hickey on 14 May, 2007 - 3:46pm
Last updated 21 May, 2007 - 4:58pm

Polistes dominula, female (ME)
A paper wasp, not a yellowjacket. Note the triangular first abdominal segment. Nice shot.
… Matthias Buck, 14 May, 2007 - 5:47pm

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