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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) » Aerial Yellowjackets (Dolichovespula) » Common Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula arenaria)
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another yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria
Copyright © 2019 RobertWeeden

another yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria
Fairbanks, Grenac Rd, Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska, USA
August 30, 2019
Size: ~15 mm
probably a Dolichovespula sp. Hoping I have enough to get an id. These have a nest under the dirt in our (unused) greenhouse. When I tapped on the side of the greenhouse seven or eight come boiling out to investigate. Don't know how many might be in the nest, though.
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Contributed by RobertWeeden on 31 August, 2019 - 12:02am
Last updated 31 January, 2021 - 8:36pm

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Moved from Aerial Yellowjackets.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 31 January, 2021 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request. I'm almost positive these are D. arenaria, which occasionally do nest below the ground surface.
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