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European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
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Copyright © 2007
Calibas
Unkown Yellowjacket -
Polistes dominula
Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA
August 4, 2004
Size: around an inch and a half
Some type of yellowjacket species. No clue which.
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Contributed by
Calibas
on 2 October, 2007 - 11:34pm
Last updated 25 October, 2007 - 11:48am
Not a Yellowjacket
Check here for what you have:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/5081
. First time I saw one, I thought the same thing.
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Stephen Schueman
, 2 October, 2007 - 11:59pm
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Yes
female european paper wasp.
Their coloration does look like a yellowjacket, but the way to tell them apart is by the orange antennea. No true yellowjacket has orange antennea.
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vulgaris
, 3 October, 2007 - 5:49am
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