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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Ground Yellowjackets (Vespula) » Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)
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Wasp and fly - Vespula maculifrons
Copyright © 2016 Naomi Smith

Wasp and fly - Vespula maculifrons
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
August 14, 2016
This is the only in focus dorsal image I have.
Although it doesn't show much I hope it helps.

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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 23 August, 2016 - 12:20pm
Last updated 24 August, 2016 - 8:05am

Moved
Moved from Vespula.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 24 August, 2016 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

 
Wasp and fly - Vespula maculifrons
Thank you Vespula vulgaris and Kent Jones.

Naomi
… Naomi Smith, 24 August, 2016 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

V. maculifrons
It doesn't quite fit the range for V. alascensis and V. germanica has a very robust chevron on the first abdominal segment. See what the experts say, but I believe there's enough here to call it an Eastern Yellow Jacket.
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