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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Aerial Yellowjackets (Dolichovespula) » Bald-faced Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula maculata)
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Bald Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata
Copyright © 2010 Dan McCord

Bald Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata
Fishers, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA
July 21, 2010
Bald Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata

Captured and consumed two flies in the five minutes that it hung around.
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Contributed by Dan McCord on 21 July, 2010 - 7:16pm
Last updated 6 August, 2010 - 3:00pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Dan McCord, 6 August, 2010 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

Click the tab that says TAG.
Go to the page in the guide that has D. maculata and click on IMAGES. You should then see a tab that says Move Tagged image. Click there and Presto! you're done
… john and jane balaban, 6 August, 2010 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

Correct
Great image which shows the main prey for this species_ flies of all sorts!
… Vespula Vulgaris, 21 July, 2010 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Do you know I can move this to images?
… Dan McCord, 28 July, 2010 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

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