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Eastern Yellowjacket (Queen) - Vespula maculifrons - female
Copyright © 2005 Tony DiTerlizzi

Eastern Yellowjacket (Queen) - Vespula maculifrons - Female
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
July 16, 2004

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Eastern Yellowjacket (Queen) - Vespula maculifrons - female Eastern Yellowjacket (Queen) - Vespula maculifrons - female
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 February, 2005 - 9:15am
Last updated 18 February, 2005 - 10:07pm

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Snooping around in the guide, it looks a lot like this image, identified as a queen:

Also, I found a color pattern chart that seems to nail it down to a queen V. maculifrons.
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 18 February, 2005 - 1:03pm

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