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Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)
Photo#148312
Copyright © 2007
Ted Kropiewnicki
Eastern Yellowjacket -
Vespula maculifrons
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Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
September 16, 2007
Size: ~ 15 mm
Checking out a hummingbird feeder.
Contributed by
Ted Kropiewnicki
on 25 September, 2007 - 10:53pm
Last updated 26 September, 2007 - 8:50pm
Vespula maculifrons - worker
Pilosity of abdomen is too short for V. vulgaris. Wholly yellow ocular sinuses and anchor-shaped pattern of 1rst urotergite are typical for V. maculifrons too.
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Richard Vernier
, 26 September, 2007 - 4:52am
Vespula maculifrons
Thank you for all this great information.
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Ted Kropiewnicki
, 26 September, 2007 - 8:09pm
seconded...
looks like maculifrons to me too.
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vulgaris
, 26 September, 2007 - 5:54am
maculifrons
Thanks for confirming.
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Ted Kropiewnicki
, 26 September, 2007 - 8:13pm