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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 » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Ground Yellowjackets (Vespula) » Western Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)
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western yellowjacket - Vespula pensylvanica - female
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

western yellowjacket - Vespula pensylvanica - Female
Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
June 10, 2007
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 19 April, 2009 - 9:49am
Last updated 10 August, 2009 - 12:37pm

Great shot
Great shot of a Queen Vespula Penyslyvanica.
… Jeremy Miller, 23 April, 2009 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

 
nice work
Looks like your queen ID was confirmed. Thanks for the help on this.
… Andrew Williams, 27 April, 2009 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
female worker ?
Hi Jeremy,
I ran across another post that indicated that the queens have more isolated spots on the abdomen. Could this be a female worker? What features were you looking at for the queen ID? I don't know much about them personally. Here's the post I looked at RE queen.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/258142
Thanks for your input and help.
… Andrew Williams, 24 April, 2009 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

 
I think this is indeed a spring queen...
albeit rather small, hence a color pattern somewhat reminding of a worker's. Such undernourished specimens occur in most Yellowjacket species. Some of the larger workers can look virtually identical, but the season of the capture rules out anyone of them.
… Richard Vernier, 27 April, 2009 - 6:18am login or register to post comments

This is V. pensylvanica
Evidenced by the complete yellow ring around each eye.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 19 April, 2009 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
Thanks for the help. I appreciate it.
… Andrew Williams, 19 April, 2009 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

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