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Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - male

Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - Male
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 13, 2007
I thought this hornet had an unusual amount of white markings compared to the others that I've seen.

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Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - male Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - male

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Such an amount of white on urotergites is really quite unusual, even for a male. Particularly the greyish stipes on 2nd, and not only 3rd, urotergite are exceptionnal.

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