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Bald-Faced Hornet--male or female? - Dolichovespula maculata - male
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Bald-Faced Hornet--male or female? - Dolichovespula maculata - Male
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 8, 2007
Size: 20 mm
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 8 October, 2007 - 1:40pm

Thanks! ^__^ Guess I'm still
Thanks! ^__^ Guess I'm still looking for the Queen-LOL!
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 8 October, 2007 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
lol!
just some advice on how to tell the queen apart. queens usually have realy wide white lines on their shoulder, comapered to a worker/male in which these lines are thinner.
… vulgaris, 8 October, 2007 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh I was looking at the wrong
Thanks! Oh! I was looking at the wrong spots/lines..oops..
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 8 October, 2007 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Male...
you can tell by the realy long antennea and the long abdomen
… vulgaris, 8 October, 2007 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

Male.
Wow, what a great image! Note long antennae, and long, blunt-tipped abdomen: all say "male."
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 October, 2007 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

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