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Downy Yellowjacket (Vespula flavopilosa)
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Copyright © 2005
tom murray
Yellow-haired Yellowjacket -
Vespula flavopilosa
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Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
October 29, 2005
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 30 October, 2005 - 5:10pm
Last updated 1 November, 2005 - 4:14pm
Yes
A specimen with a dark color pattern, hence less typical than yellower ones;
Can be disitnguished from V. maculifrons by the shape of the central black spot on the 1st urotergite.
From the otherwise nearly identical V. vulgaris by less hairy haead and the tan tinge of some hairs on the sides of the thorax (less so than in yellower individuals: there is a weak but existing correlation between the overall amount of black and the quantity of dark hairs).
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Richard Vernier
, 1 November, 2005 - 5:00am
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Thanks Richard
for the confirmation. It's good to get an expert opinion, because the slight variations make them difficult to ID for an amateur like myself.
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tom murray
, 1 November, 2005 - 4:17pm
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