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German yellowjacket queen feeding on nectar - Vespula germanica - female
Copyright © 2005 Andy Wehrle

German yellowjacket queen feeding on nectar - Vespula germanica - Female
Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 20, 2005
A queen German Yellowjacket, Vespula germanica, feeding on nectar from a flowering shrub. I'm surprised there aren't more photos of this now quite common invasive species.

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German yellowjacket queen feeding on nectar - Vespula germanica - female German yellowjacket queen feeding on nectar - Vespula germanica - female
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Contributed by Andy Wehrle on 28 May, 2005 - 11:18pm
Last updated 8 October, 2007 - 4:29pm

Difficult to say
Difficult to say from the image. Not much of the plant visible. Looks like it might be Cotoneaster which is certainly much planted as an ornamental here around Chicago, and I suspect up near Madison. Too many images of horticulturals online to look through, but this one might give you a comparison.
… john and jane balaban, 30 May, 2005 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. A Cotoneaster was as
Thanks. A Cotoneaster was as near as I could identify it, but the diagram in the book wasn't quite a match. If not that it's definitely a similar species though. Hymenopteran insects just LOVE its flowers!
… Andy Wehrle, 31 May, 2005 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

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