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Bald-faced Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula maculata)
Photo#35631
Copyright © 2005
Nicky Davis
Baldfaced Hornet - worker -
Dolichovespula maculata
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Alpine Loop, Utah County, County, Utah, USA
September 28, 2005
Size: under 1 inch
Contributed by
Nicky Davis
on 28 October, 2005 - 2:18am
Last updated 4 November, 2005 - 8:56am
Wow, you guys are good. Found
Wow, you guys are good. Found the scientific name and an example. Vespidae Vespinae Dolichovespula maculata, Male Baldfaced Hornet. Now if I could figure out how to move it to the right place in this web site, I'd do it.
Thanks so much,
Nicky
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Nicky Davis
, 28 October, 2005 - 11:20am
Moving photos
Just click on the "tag" link below your photo and the go to the correct section of the guide and go the "images" page a click the "move tagged images" link.
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Christopher C Wirth
, 28 October, 2005 - 1:28pm
I think
I think this is a bald-faced horet, but Im no expert and theres so many species of similar looking hornets that I could be wrong. Consider yourself lucky if all they did was bite you because they pack a pretty nasty sting to boot.
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Kyle Pias
, 28 October, 2005 - 2:53am
You're right
This is indeed a bald-faced Hornet,a dark colored worker with all-black mesoscutellum. The shining cuticle and the damaged wings indicate an aging individual.
An interesting occurence from a Western State, probably from an highland region rather than from the surrounds of Salt Lake city?
Although a formidable killer for many other insects (see several pictures in this Guide), this wasp is not so nasty towards people unless its nest is disturbed.
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Richard Vernier
, 28 October, 2005 - 10:10am
Bald-faced Hornet
Yes, this individual was in an Alpine region in back of Timpanogos Mountain that we call the Alpine Loop. A great place for all kinds of "critters" from butterflies to deer, even a cougar if you are so blessed. I wouldn't have been so close had I known it was a hornet. I thought it was merely some kind of Deerfly. I liked the markings on his abdomen so I took the shot. This one didn't bite me at all but there are a lot of biting deerfly in that area. What's his scientific name?
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Nicky Davis
, 28 October, 2005 - 11:01am