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unknown yellow jacket... - Vespula pensylvanica
Copyright © 2005 ted edwards

unknown yellow jacket... - Vespula pensylvanica
Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA
October 26, 2004
Size: about 1 1/4 inches

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unknown yellow jacket... - Vespula pensylvanica - female unknown yellow jacket... - Vespula pensylvanica unknown yellow jacket... - Vespula pensylvanica unknown yellow jacket... - Vespula pensylvanica - female
Contributed by ted edwards on 27 May, 2005 - 10:58pm
Last updated 2 November, 2006 - 3:44pm

ID of this yellowjacket
This is definitely V. pensylvanica. The combination of "eye loops" and lack of mid-thoracic stripes is definitive, and the abdominal pattern is characteristic of this species.
… Bob Jacobson, 3 November, 2005 - 6:40pm

 
confirmation....
thank you very much for your time and assistance bob... ted edwards
… ted edwards, 3 November, 2005 - 10:34pm

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