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Forest Yellowjacket (Vespula acadica)
Photo#31027
Copyright © 2005
tom murray
Forest Yellowjacket worker -
Vespula acadica
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Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
September 8, 2005
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 9 September, 2005 - 8:03pm
Last updated 14 October, 2008 - 8:34am
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Nice shots of a worker of the Forest Yellowjacket worker, Vespula acadica.
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Richard Vernier
, 10 September, 2005 - 10:40am
This species apparently has a
This species apparently has a reputation of being very aggressive when disturbed at the nest, even though it is one of the rarely-encountered species. Nearly every web page on yellowjackets has a special note about this species-"very aggressive" etc.
Can anyone vouch for this or know why this is-after all it has small colonies compared to the
vulgaris
species group yellowjackets.
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Andy Wehrle
, 12 September, 2005 - 9:54pm