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Southern Yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa)
Photo#18052
Copyright © 2005
sasc
Unknown Bee -
Vespula squamosa
Ponca, Newton County, Arkansas, USA
May 18, 2005
Size: 1 inch at least
It was poking around in the gravel alongside a country road.
Contributed by
sasc
on 23 May, 2005 - 12:11pm
Last updated 2 June, 2005 - 1:33pm
Vespula squamosa queen
Yes, this is definitely a queen of Vespula squamosa. No other species of American vespinae has this brownish-orange coloration.
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Bob Jacobson
, 3 November, 2005 - 6:42pm
I think this
could be a Yellowjacket. It looks a lot like Photo #11081 that has been identified by others as a Southern Yellowjacket. See what you think.
Anthony W. Thomas
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Tony-2
, 23 May, 2005 - 2:17pm
That photo says its a queen.
You gave me food for thought and I just looked up about Yellowjacket queens on Google and it sounds like this was one and a biggy at that. Out looking to make a new nest. Im afraid had I known that I would have stomped on her as they can be really awful around the woods I live in.
I have learned something as I didnt know only the large queen survives the winter and makes a new colony in the Spring
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sasc
, 23 May, 2005 - 4:28pm
