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Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - female

Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
May 8, 2009
After looking at the "info" on the guide, I'm guessing this is Dolichovespula maculata - Baldfaced Hornet, and because of its large size (each Hawthorn flower is 1/2 inch+), I'd say it's a queen. It also matches with the criteria, "Queens and workers may have lateral pale spots on the 3rd abdominal segment, and, rarely, isolated white spots on the 3rd tergite."

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Moved from ID Request.

Right guess - Dolichovespula maculata
A spring queen nectaring on Hawthorn. No worker is on the wing by early May.

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