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Yellowjacket - species? - Dolichovespula arenaria
Copyright © 2008 Heidi Genter

Yellowjacket - species? - Dolichovespula arenaria
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
July 24, 2008
Close up of the abdomen of one of the yellowjackets.

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Contributed by Heidi Genter on 24 July, 2008 - 11:40pm
Last updated 12 August, 2008 - 10:28am

How big is the nest
How big is the nest, and is it still there in one piece.
… Jeremy Miller, 31 July, 2008 - 12:21am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
It is still there, and it's about 4 or 5" diameter.
… Heidi Genter, 31 July, 2008 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

 
Do you have any pics of the e
Do you have any pics of the entire nest? I might like to have it for my collection.
… Jeremy Miller, 31 July, 2008 - 1:25am login or register to post comments

 
e-mail sent
I sent a picture to the e-mail in your profile.
… Heidi Genter, 3 August, 2008 - 2:04am login or register to post comments

Aerial yellowjacket.
This is (was) a nest of the aerial yellowjacket, Dolichovespula arenaria. Another three weeks, maybe less, and they would have been done for the season anyway....Hope you don't start having issues with an overabundance of flies now.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 July, 2008 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

 
I know...
...I wasn't the one that sprayed them. The person that kept getting bitten and stung sprayed them. However, I work at a zoo and the gibbons that have to shift past that area have recently been reluctant to do so. It's possible that some of them have been stung as well. Good to know for next season, though, as we usually have some around.
… Heidi Genter, 25 July, 2008 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

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