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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Aerial Yellowjackets (Dolichovespula) » Bald-faced Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula maculata)
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Bald Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata
Copyright © 2008 PDyar

Bald Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata
Harmony, McHenry County, Illinois, USA
May 8, 2006
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula maculata)
Species: D. maculata
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Contributed by PDyar on 11 June, 2008 - 12:07pm
Last updated 23 June, 2008 - 12:38am

a very beautiful
bald faced hornet queen, D. maculata, adding wood pulp onto the envelope of her nest. nice photo!
… Vespula Vulgaris, 11 June, 2008 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

 
bald faced hornet
Thanks for the ID - they look a lot like the Paper Wasps.
… PDyar, 19 June, 2008 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

 
Not necessarily
The paper wasps are much thinner, longer, and less stocky. I see the similarity though.
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 8 January, 2022 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

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