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eastern yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

eastern yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
July 22, 2009
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 23 July, 2009 - 4:19pm
Last updated 7 September, 2009 - 6:42pm

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… Ted Kropiewnicki, 23 July, 2009 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

Great shot!
Vespula maculifrons with some sort of fly.

I have never seen them go after flies before.
… Vespula vulgaris, 23 July, 2009 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
I've only seen this kind of thing once before, and that time it was a European paper wasp. First time I can recall seeing a yellowjacket doing this sort of thing. It all happened really quick.
… Andrew Williams, 23 July, 2009 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

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