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Downy Yellowjacket (Vespula flavopilosa)
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Copyright © 2005
tom murray
Yellow-haired Yellowjacket worker -
Vespula flavopilosa
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 24, 2004
I couldn't find a match in the guide. Any idaes which one this is?
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 10 September, 2005 - 9:51pm
Last updated 11 September, 2005 - 11:27am
Great - you've got it!
With this worker collecting nectar, the Yellow-haired Yellowjacket (Vespula flavopilosa) is now represented by one individual of the three casts in this Guide. I was pretty sure it would still happen this year. This species is really a sibling of V. vulgaris, but the yellowish, relatively shorter pilosity is clearly visible here. Moreover, most - if not all - North American specimens of V. vulgaris have a complete black basal band on the first urotergite, rather than a diamond-shaped central spot.
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Richard Vernier
, 11 September, 2005 - 11:14am
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Thanks Richard
Are there any others I should be looking for in the northeastern US?
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tom murray
, 11 September, 2005 - 11:34am
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Hardly any left
The list is almost complete for Northeastern US now. Only three very rare species could eventually be added.
- the strictly boreal, free-living species D. albida and V. intermedia.
- the cuckoo-wasp V. austriaca, which parasitizes mainly V. acadica.
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Richard Vernier
, 11 September, 2005 - 1:30pm
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