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Bald-Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata -

Mt Hood Wilderness Area. Just east of Tamanawas Falls, Hood River County, Oregon, USA
July 11, 2010

Posting for friend. I'm clueless. Help w/ID appreciated.

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Bald-Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - female

Bald-Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - female

Contributed by Marvin Smith on 13 July, 2010 - 2:04am
Last updated 15 July, 2010 - 12:49am

You are right

This queen is extremely late. She might have had to start over, or maybe she just woke up late and got behind.

… Vespula Vulgaris, 13 July, 2010 - 3:25pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Marvin Smith, 13 July, 2010 - 3:48am

This is a bald-faced hornet -

This is a bald-faced hornet - Dolichovespula maculata

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2890

… CandiceTalbot, 13 July, 2010 - 2:58am

Queen?

Thank you for the ID. Is this a queen just beginning construction of a new nest/colony?

… Marvin Smith, 13 July, 2010 - 3:39am

Queen?

I followed a nest once that started this way. Later, she'll build more nest around the initial one with it's exit tunnel.
I believe these hornets have two generations in a summer, and, in my observation, the second generation was much, much more aggressive.
Bald-faced Hornet Nest

… Stephen Hart, 13 July, 2010 - 1:42pm

Thanks...

Thank you for the comment and link to your website. It seems construction of a hornets' nest is often not a straightforward, linear process, but can involve several false starts.

… Marvin Smith, 15 July, 2010 - 12:47am

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