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Yellowjackets - Vespula flavopilosa
Copyright © 2008 Noah Charney

Yellowjackets - Vespula flavopilosa
South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA
August 26, 2008
In ground nest.
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Contributed by Noah Charney on 10 December, 2008 - 1:58pm
Last updated 17 December, 2008 - 5:37pm

Great!
Great to have a shot of their nest. I myself have never personally seen a nest, and there seem to be few images of them out there too.
… Vespula vulgaris, 10 December, 2008 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

Downy Yellowjacket (Vespula flavopilosa) - workers
These two workers have only a very faint black stripe on the clypeus. But color pattern of the gaster leaves no other possibility.
… Richard Vernier, 10 December, 2008 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

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