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Vespula - Vespula vidua
Copyright © 2010 Gary Budnik

Vespula - Vespula vidua
Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
August 7, 2010
While deep in the woods i found a vespula nest that had been dug up by some animal. I pulled a worker out of the comb and it looked like Vidua, but i dont think they have those dots on the abdomen.
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Contributed by Gary Budnik on 9 August, 2010 - 4:14pm
Last updated 2 January, 2016 - 4:31pm

Moved
Moved from Vespula.
… Matthias Buck, 2 January, 2016 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

Might be vidua
Compare to this aberrant male vidua:


V. acadica shouldn't have free spots on the abdomen, which this seems to show.
… Ben Coulter, 6 September, 2011 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

Vespula acadica
This is a melanic worker of the "forest yellowjacket" Vespula acadica.
… herc1120, 31 January, 2011 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Vidua
Your first guess wss correct, it is a vidua, they are quite distinctive.
… Ammophila procera, 27 January, 2011 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 29 September, 2010 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

 
A rare V.Vidua Male
with enclosed spots much as in Acadica
… Anthony Daglio, 22 April, 2012 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

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