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American Yellowjacket (Vespula alascensis)
Photo#109810
Copyright © 2007
Sean McCann
Yellowjacket queen -
Vespula alascensis
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Burnaby Lake Park, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
May 13, 2007
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Contributed by
Sean McCann
on 14 May, 2007 - 10:33am
Common Yellowjacket (Vespula vulgaris L.)
We have many of them this year here in Western Switzerland too, while the German is comparatively rare.
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Richard Vernier
, 14 May, 2007 - 10:43am
Question; Question answered by other image:-)
The lateral spots are free from the abdominal bands after the second tergite. That would lead me to think this is D. arenaria instead (though the initial yellow band on the abdomen is not broken, as it should be for D. arenaria). All the V. vulgaris I saw in Oregon had the lateral spots fused with the black abdominal bands. BUT, now I note on the other image that there is virtually no ocular-malar space, as there would be if this was D. arenaria.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 15 May, 2007 - 3:40pm
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Thanks
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Sean McCann
, 14 May, 2007 - 11:17am