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Vespula? - Dolichovespula arenaria - male
Copyright © 2022 Daniel K. Horner

Vespula? - Dolichovespula arenaria - Male
McGee Creek Campground at about 7600 feet in the eastern Sierra, Mono County, California, USA
September 20, 2022
Nectaring on rabbitbrush flowers, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, in a campsite. First time I have photoed a male. Is it V. pensylvanica?

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Contributed by Daniel K. Horner on 3 October, 2022 - 6:29pm
Last updated 9 November, 2022 - 8:15pm

Moved
Moved from Hornets and Yellowjackets.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 9 November, 2022 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

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… Bob Zuparko, 5 October, 2022 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

 
Dolichovespula arenaria?
After looking through the key "YELLOWJACKETS & HORNETS THROUGH A LENS", in the Photo Focus Group, linked in Aaron's comments as the "BugGuide Key" here:

A pronotal carina line is visible in the 6th photo. This should make this genus Dolichovespula as the pronotal carina line is not present in Vespula. Also the size of gap between the compound eye and the mandible (the oculo-malar space) is wide in the genus
Dolichovespula. This is also visible in the 6th photo. An anterior black band on tergite 1 with two concavities that form
a posterior-pointing median extension that divides the yellow band (G1) indicates a worker D. arenaria (visible in 3rd photo). D. arenaria is also the only yellow Dolichovespula species in the guide for California.

Thank you.
… Daniel K. Horner, 6 November, 2022 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

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