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Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons - female

Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons - Female
Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
September 16, 2007
Size: ~ 15 mm
Checking out a hummingbird feeder.

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.

 
Vespula maculifrons
Thank you for all this great information.

 
seconded...
looks like maculifrons to me too.

 
maculifrons
Thanks for confirming.