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Flavopilosa - Vespula flavopilosa - female
Copyright © 2008 vespula vulgaris

Flavopilosa - Vespula flavopilosa - Female
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
on rotten fruit

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Flavopilosa - Vespula flavopilosa - female Flavopilosa - Vespula flavopilosa - female
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Contributed by vespula vulgaris on 7 April, 2008 - 8:47pm
Last updated 8 April, 2008 - 5:54am

A large worker
With a pattern somewhat intermediate with the queens' (especially on T1 and T2). They are mainly seen towards the end of the season.
But, was actually the date January 26th? If so, the climate is really getting mad (it's snowing hard outside while I'm writing this comment!).
… Richard Vernier, 8 April, 2008 - 5:27am login or register to post comments

 
i thought
that this one was larger than the others that i was seeing!

actually i did not put a date in for this one(i could'nt remember the exact date). it was taken i think in september 07. i dont know how that date got in there..
… vespula vulgaris, 8 April, 2008 - 5:53am login or register to post comments

 
It came from EXIF data
Sometimes the system borrows the date from the EXIF data that's embedded in the image if no date is entered by hand. At the time you took the picture, your camera's system clock was set to the date that showed up.

If you haven't set the date in your camera since then, you can figure out how many days the clock is off and calculate the real date.
… Chuck Entz, 8 April, 2008 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

 
oh..
yeah the date on my camera has been screwed up... i have been meaning to fix it for a while. i did not know that it would put that date there when i posted it...
… vespula vulgaris, 8 April, 2008 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

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