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Unknown Bee - Dolichovespula arenaria
Copyright © 2008 Wisconsin Oecanthinancy

Unknown Bee - Dolichovespula arenaria
Richard Bong State Recreation Area, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA
May 24, 2008
Since I think this is a bee, I suppose it's actually a fly or hornet !
Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 24 May, 2008 - 8:43pm
Last updated 14 June, 2008 - 2:35pm

Yellowjacket
- see this useful key. If I keyed it out correctly I think it's a Dolichovespula arenaria queen.



Those longitudinally folded wings are characteristic of Vespidae.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 24 May, 2008 - 9:34pm

 
Yellowjacket
Thanks for the ID, Hannah. ...and for the link to the key for ID'ing bees, wasps, hornets. This gal definitely did not want my camera too close -- she would start pumping her abdomen and turn her head ever so slightly to look back at me.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 24 May, 2008 - 9:59pm

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