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Bald-faced Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula maculata)
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Copyright © 2005
Christopher C Wirth
Baldfaced Hornet - worker -
Dolichovespula maculata
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Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
July 31, 2005
Can anyone ID this? - Thanks
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Contributed by
Christopher C Wirth
on 6 August, 2005 - 9:54pm
Last updated 4 November, 2005 - 9:12am
Right
This is indeed a Bald-faced Hornet worker. I guess you took this picture at the same place as the European Hornet V. crabro? It shows that both species have very similar feeding habits, being very fond of tree sap - what kind of tree, by the way: maybe an Oak (Quercus)?. Although being phylogenically an aerial Yellowjacket, the Bald faced Hornet is very close, ecologically speaking, to true Hornets.
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Richard Vernier
, 7 August, 2005 - 5:31am
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Oak Sap
Yes, the tree was an Oak
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Christopher C Wirth
, 7 August, 2005 - 8:34am
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Baldfaced Hornet
Looks like
Dolichovespula maculata
, the Baldfaced Hornet.
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volcano
, 6 August, 2005 - 10:12pm
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