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Maculifrons nest - Vespula maculifrons
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Maculifrons nest - Vespula maculifrons
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 15, 2007
feasting on cat food that i provided for the colony

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Contributed by vespula vulgaris on 10 March, 2008 - 7:23pm

Very cool ...
series of shots! Nice scale comparison for the nest with the gallon jug too. Use 101 is noted for the cat food as well! Garfield had better not be too hungry!
… Alan Chin-Lee, 10 March, 2008 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! :)
lol! man those things went through a lot of cat food. it came down to do i want to waste money on buying it for them(i dont even have a cat). they used so much that eventually i stopped giving it to them.
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