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Eastern Yellow Jacket - Vespula maculifrons
Copyright © 2006 J>N>Dell

Eastern Yellow Jacket - Vespula maculifrons
South Georgia, Ware County, Georgia, USA
November 20, 2006
Size: about 1 cm
Host plant - Honeysuckle Vine.

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Contributed by J>N>Dell on 20 November, 2006 - 6:42pm
Last updated 21 November, 2006 - 9:04am

Moved
Moved from Vespula.
… J>N>Dell, 21 November, 2006 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

Definitely Eastern (Vespula maculifrons).
Nice shots of a worker. This one (left) shows a frequent cleaning behavior of the wings with the hind leg of the same side.
… Richard Vernier, 21 November, 2006 - 6:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for putting me on the
Thanks for putting me on the right track.
… J>N>Dell, 21 November, 2006 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

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