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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 » Vespidae » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Aerial Yellowjackets (Dolichovespula) » Bald-faced Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula maculata)
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Nest 01 - Dolichovespula maculata
Copyright © 2008 Karl Volkman

Nest 01 - Dolichovespula maculata
Near Curlew Lake, ~10 miles Northeast of Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
May 15, 2008
Size: ~6 inches long??
A distinct wasp nest hanging under the eves on the West side of my Cottage. It doesn't seem to be a typical Vespidae nest with the long entrance tunnel.
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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 20 May, 2008 - 1:28pm
Last updated 18 September, 2012 - 8:56pm

This entrance tunnel...
is an usual feature of D. maculata (Bald-faced Hornet) queen-nest, i.e. built by the lone foundress queen before the first workers emerge.
Some foundresses of the same species don't built any one, while others make a longer one. But its mere presence here is enough to rule out D. arenaria, even though there is no reliable scale to assess the diameter.
… Richard Vernier, 20 May, 2008 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

D. arenaria?
the entance of the tube looks a little small for D. maculata so i would guess that it is a D. arenaria nest.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 20 May, 2008 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

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