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Forest Yellowjacket? - Vespula acadica - female
Copyright © 2006 Matt Goff

Forest Yellowjacket? - Vespula acadica - Female
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
March 21, 2006
I think this is probably a Forest Yellowjacket queen (Vespula acadica), but I would like some confirmation of that. This picture was taken on a relatively warm March day during a very chilly spring and following summer.

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Forest Yellowjacket? - Vespula acadica - female Forest Yellowjacket? - Vespula acadica - female
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Contributed by Matt Goff on 27 December, 2007 - 5:37pm
Last updated 14 October, 2008 - 8:32am

Moved
Moved from Hornets and Yellowjackets.
… Matthias Buck, 4 January, 2008 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

ID confirmed - Vespula acadica
A dark queen with especially small yellow spots on mesoscutellum and on urotergite I.
… Richard Vernier, 30 December, 2007 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

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