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Grounded?? Hornet, 4:01pm - Dolichovespula maculata - female
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Grounded?? Hornet, 4:01pm - Dolichovespula maculata - Female
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
June 23, 2008
This one was just running around on the ground, never flew at all, followed it for 10 minutes. Is this a Queen? It was bigger than others I see.

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Grounded?? Hornet, 4:01pm - Dolichovespula maculata - female Grounded?? Hornet, 4:01pm - Dolichovespula maculata - female
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Contributed by Borealfalcon on 1 October, 2008 - 6:17pm
Last updated 2 October, 2008 - 5:48pm

Female D. maculata
Quite possibly a new queen, although she seems to lack the broad white shoulders which a lot of queens have.

Her wings look in good condition so she might not have been flying just because she is heavy with faty reserves for the winter
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