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Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)
Photo#15984
Copyright © 2005
Richard Leung
Queen Eastern Yellowjacket -
Vespula maculifrons
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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
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Mike Hodgson
, 30 April, 2005 - 5:42pm
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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.
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Richard Leung
, 30 April, 2005 - 7:22pm
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Yep
I had a feeling about the Cam. Keep em coming.
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Have look, you'll be addicted. Join, free and it's fun.
Mike
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Mike Hodgson
, 1 May, 2005 - 12:27pm
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