Despite the poor photo, I decided to add this view of the clypeus to show the other reason I had suspected
flavopilosa, which was due to the black line down the clypeus and the significantly wider black mark on the frons which matched well with Dr. Buck's image of
flavopilosa here:
from the
Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region