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Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)
Photo#34763
Copyright © 2005
Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
Male Yellow Jackets-all the same species? -
Vespula maculifrons
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Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 15, 2005
Size: all 1 inch aprrox
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Contributed by
Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
on 16 October, 2005 - 10:20pm
Last updated 19 October, 2005 - 6:17pm
Aha! Finally a good image of
Aha! Finally a good image of a male eastern yellowjacket,
Vespula maculifrons
. The others have a different mark on the first tergite, which could either be a variation of this species or a different species.
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Andy Wehrle
, 17 October, 2005 - 1:26pm
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I'm glad there's finally a go
I'm glad there's finally a good photo of that species male now ^_^
what do you or anyone think the other 2 are-I looked at the markings on the first tergite-that's why I caught and submitted them together.
I haven't noticed males of other species-nor more than that one queen Vespula_vidua could they be males of that species?
thanks
Jo
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Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
, 17 October, 2005 - 11:09pm
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