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Dolichovespula norwegica, worker - Dolichovespula norwegica - female
Copyright © 1987 D.K.B. Cheung & M. Buck

Dolichovespula norwegica, worker - Dolichovespula norwegica - Female
Dempster Hwy km 466, Yukon Territory, Canada
July 11, 1987
Size: Wing length 9.0–10.0 mm
Image reproduced from Identification Atlas of Northeastern Nearctic Vespidae (1) in order to fill existing gap on Bugguide. Further images can be found there. Specimen deposited in the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Guelph, Ontario.
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 29 February, 2008 - 1:14pm
Last updated 3 March, 2008 - 2:06pm

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