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German Yellowjacket Queen Building Nest - Vespula germanica - female
Copyright © 2020 Jay Greenberg

German Yellowjacket Queen Building Nest - Vespula germanica - Female
Brighton, Monroe County, New York, USA
May 28, 2020
She was building her nest on the ceiling of my porch out in the open. I believe this is unusual for this species, which usually nests in a cavity of some sort. However, it gave me the opportunity to follow the construction and development of the nest.

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Contributed by Jay Greenberg on 28 September, 2020 - 12:17pm

Interesting observations
I think the death/failure rate of young nests is pretty high, although this queen got quite far along with her nest.
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