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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) » Southern Yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa)
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Southern Yellow Jacket? - Vespula squamosa - male
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Southern Yellow Jacket? - Vespula squamosa - Male
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Size: ~13mm
I thought this was a common eastern_yellow_jacket until I looked at it closer. Wish I had taken more images of it, but I was distracted by a beautiful syrphid_ fly which landed nearby.

Scott

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Southern Yellow Jacket? - Vespula squamosa - male Southern Yellow Jacket? - Vespula squamosa - male
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Contributed by Scott Justis on 2 January, 2008 - 9:56pm
Last updated 20 December, 2010 - 1:20pm

Is the date right?
Shouldn't the queens be hibernating in January? Males would be dead.
Read the comment here.
… Beatriz Moisset, 3 January, 2008 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Date
Looks like someone removed the date
… John R. Maxwell, 26 October, 2013 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes....
Date is correct. I can even provide a RAW file with all exif data if needed!
… Scott Justis, 3 January, 2008 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Weird
The climate keeps getting crazier and the creatures do unusual tings. Nice to document it this way.
… Beatriz Moisset, 3 January, 2008 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Dates
Someone removed the date from both photos, I guess to un-document it?
… John R. Maxwell, 29 January, 2016 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
I'm a lifelong resident of this area (50 years) and back in the late 60's/early 70's I used to put on my hockey skates and skate on the frozen canals and ponds during the winter months.

I haven't seen it freeze much like that since the late 1970's.
… Scott Justis, 3 January, 2008 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Southern Yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa) - male
Thanks for sharing this nice picture.
… Richard Vernier, 2 January, 2008 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Richard!
My pleasure :^).
… Scott Justis, 3 January, 2008 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

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