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Western Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)
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Copyright © 2005
Scott Taylor
Western Yellowjacket? -
Vespula pensylvanica
Larimer County, Colorado, USA
September 13, 2005
This marks only about the fourth yellowjacket specimen I've seen all year. There has been no shortage of paper wasps though...
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Contributed by
Scott Taylor
on 22 October, 2005 - 9:26pm
Last updated 23 October, 2005 - 2:25pm
Interesting information
Here in western Switzerland too, there has been a dramatic shortage of yellowjackets - and of the hornet - this year, as I never saw before. As a consequence, Polistes dominulus and (to a lesser degree) Polistes nimphus were the only common social wasps left.
The more or less marked scarcity of foundresses of Vespa, Vespula and Dolichovespula next spring will tell how long it will take to recover, if ever...
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Richard Vernier
, 25 October, 2005 - 11:46am
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Nice shot
showing diagnostic continuous yellow ring around the eyes and the diamond shaped black mark on tergum 1.
Moved it to page
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A.W. Thomas
, 23 October, 2005 - 2:24pm
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