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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Ground Yellowjackets (Vespula) » Western Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)
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Vespula atropilosa? - Vespula pensylvanica - female
Copyright © 2016 Robert H Geiger

Vespula atropilosa? - Vespula pensylvanica - Female
Banks, Washington County, Oregon, USA
February 10, 2016
Size: 19.5 mm
Hibernating queen

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Contributed by Robert H Geiger on 10 February, 2016 - 9:12pm
Last updated 13 February, 2016 - 11:19am

Moved
Moved from Hornets and Yellowjackets.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 13 February, 2016 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

Western Yellow Jacket
Vespula pensylvanica: ♀ Good Luck!
… Bob Biagi, 10 February, 2016 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
I would question whether is a western, the face is different.
… Robert H Geiger, 10 February, 2016 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
It's good to question the inexperienced and unprofessional.
I based the ID on her body qualities, but after looking at the face shots; I still can't find anything significant enough to change my opinion.
Please compare these face shots with your second image and tell me what you can see that is different.
Thanks, I could be wrong and I have never filmed a Yellowjacket Wasp. Hey, remember the Crayfish, haha? I never fimed one of those either.
… Bob Biagi, 11 February, 2016 - 7:32am login or register to post comments

 
I am more confused the more I look at pictures
There seem to be a lot of variation of patterns, In pictures of the westerns, i see several totally different body patterns.
… Robert H Geiger, 11 February, 2016 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

 
That is understandable!
Don't worry, the experts will move your images very soon. Remember, your good shots of this Queen eliminate two thirds of the available choices.
Have another look at your first suggestion, a female Prairie Yellowjacket, Vespula atropilosa: ♀ Check her inner eye-lines and then look into the Atlas: Here. Maybe that will help. What do you think now?
… Bob Biagi, 11 February, 2016 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree
I was looking at that a few hours ago, thanks
… Robert H Geiger, 11 February, 2016 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 February, 2016 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

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