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Forest Yellowjacket worker - Vespula acadica - female
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Forest Yellowjacket worker - Vespula acadica - Female
Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
September 8, 2005

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Forest Yellowjacket worker - Vespula acadica - female Forest Yellowjacket worker - Vespula acadica - female
Contributed by tom murray on 9 September, 2005 - 8:03pm
Last updated 14 October, 2008 - 8:34am

Right
Nice shots of a worker of the Forest Yellowjacket worker, Vespula acadica.
… 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.
… Andy Wehrle, 12 September, 2005 - 9:54pm

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