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Common Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula arenaria)
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Copyright © 2006
tom murray
Common aerial Yellowjacket -
Dolichovespula arenaria
Pittsburg, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
August 4, 2006
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 5 September, 2006 - 8:14pm
Last updated 7 September, 2006 - 4:18am
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Thanks for the id Richard.
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tom murray
, 7 September, 2006 - 4:18am
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Common aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula arenaria)
The faint yellow stripe on the pronotum underlines the pronotal carina, absent in Vespula spp. The wide space between compound eye and mandible is visible too.
Most likely a large worker, although a small young queen cannot be excluded: females castes are often difficult to tell apart in this genus.
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Richard Vernier
, 6 September, 2006 - 12:03am
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