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Bald-faced Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula maculata)
Photo#262481
Copyright © 2009
Mike Mills
Bald-faced Hornet -
Dolichovespula maculata
Havelock Belmont Lake , Hastings_county, Ontario, Canada
August 14, 2008
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Contributed by
Mike Mills
on 1 April, 2009 - 11:47am
same individual
These are all the same individual but the side view was accomplished by cooling the wasp . As he warmed up he flew away. No wasps were harmed creating these pictures. Some other pictures are available at:
my Picasa page.
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Mike Mills
, 1 April, 2009 - 10:53pm
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No wasps were harmed...
Hi, Mike. I thought this info was worth mentioning on
the image in question
, so I edited that post to include the text from your comment.
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Harsi S. Parker
, 4 August, 2009 - 2:24pm
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