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Worker Yellow Jackets-same species? - Vespula
Copyright © 2005 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Worker Yellow Jackets-same species? - Vespula
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 15, 2005
Size: 1/2 inch approx

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Worker Yellow Jackets-same species? - Vespula maculifrons Worker Yellow Jackets-same species? - Vespula maculifrons Worker Yellow Jackets-same species? - Vespula
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 16 October, 2005 - 10:24pm
Last updated 8 October, 2007 - 4:27pm

Indeed worker yellowjackets,
Indeed worker yellowjackets, at least 2 species. The other two pictures are the eastern yellowjacket, Vespula maculifrons. The one in the lower left of this picture appears to be Vespula flavopilosa.
… Andy Wehrle, 17 October, 2005 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I knew they were different looking-so I figured they had to be different sp -going by that drawing someone gave a link to.

Thanks again

Jo
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 17 October, 2005 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

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