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Smaller Yellow Jacket - Vespula maculifrons
Copyright © 2009 Paul Celano

Smaller Yellow Jacket - Vespula maculifrons
Brighton, Livingston County, Michigan, USA
August 18, 2008
Size: approx 3/4" long
A shorter body type yellow jacket
Contributed by Paul Celano on 10 August, 2009 - 5:11pm
Last updated 10 August, 2009 - 7:23pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Paul Celano, 10 August, 2009 - 7:23pm

Vespula maculifrons!
The eastern yellowjacket!
… Breanna Lyle, 10 August, 2009 - 7:01pm

 
oh yes, that is it...thanks!
oh yes, that is it...thanks!
… Paul Celano, 10 August, 2009 - 7:22pm

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