Queen Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons

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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 » Vespidae » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Ground Yellowjackets (Vespula) » Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)

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Copyright © 2005 Richard Leung

Queen Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons -

Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
April 16, 2005
Size: 17mm

Photos for "Hornets & Yellowjackets Through the Lens" project.

Note the distinctive abdominal pattern, black 1st antenna segment, and continuous genal band (yellow band behind the eyes).

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Contributed by Richard Leung on 30 April, 2005 - 12:52pm

Beautiful!!!

Richard, would you mind sharing your equipment used to capture these images?
Excelent work and well done on the compositions.

Mike

… Mike Hodgson, 30 April, 2005 - 5:42pm

Equipment

Thanks for the compliment, Mike. I used a Nikon D70 with a 2X teleconverter and a 105mm macro lens, plus a Nikon SB-600 speedlight for flash. It was fairly simple to get a high level of detail because of the large size of this wasp.

… Richard Leung, 30 April, 2005 - 7:22pm

Yep

I had a feeling about the Cam. Keep em coming.
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Mike

… Mike Hodgson, 1 May, 2005 - 12:27pm

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