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Southern Yellow Jacket - Vespula squamosa - Vespula squamosa - female
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Southern Yellow Jacket - Vespula squamosa - Vespula squamosa - Female
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
February 3, 2008
Size: 13mm (1/2")
Southern Yellow Jacket - Vespula squamosa - queen in diapause under an old fallen tree.
Please confirm.

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Southern Yellow Jacket - Vespula squamosa - Vespula squamosa - female Southern Yellow Jacket - Vespula squamosa - Vespula squamosa - female
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 3 February, 2008 - 6:17pm
Last updated 4 February, 2008 - 7:48am

under logs,
under fire wood, and under fallen trees seems to be the prefered place to hibernate with this species...
… vespula vulgaris, 4 February, 2008 - 5:49am login or register to post comments

Yes
Southern Yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa); compares very well with your other images such as Photo#157813.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 3 February, 2008 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

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