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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 » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Aerial Yellowjackets (Dolichovespula) » Bald-faced Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula maculata)
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Males - Dolichovespula maculata
Copyright © 2010 Gary Budnik

Males - Dolichovespula maculata
Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
September 15, 2010
Here are some males of Dolichovespula Maculata in the two variations I usually see. Even though they have different patterns they're both maculata and from the same colony.
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Contributed by Gary Budnik on 8 October, 2010 - 11:11pm
Last updated 18 September, 2012 - 9:04pm

Very cool. I did not see many
Very cool. I did not see many of the baldfaced last summer. Hopefully this year I will see more of them. Like a pic vulgaris just posed the males often DO have the white markings throughout the abdomen. Kind of reminds me of the consobrina pics I have seen with some of these males.
… herc1120, 22 April, 2011 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 21 October, 2010 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

confused
you sound confident about the ID -- then why did you post the pic in ID Request?
… v belov, 20 October, 2010 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

 
Glad you asked
I dont know where else to post it. Is there somewhere i can upload pictures that don't need to be IDed?
… Gary Budnik, 20 October, 2010 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

 
why don't you post the known ones directly to guide pages?
great many contributors never post anything to ID Req. -- it's basically a dump...
… v belov, 20 October, 2010 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I wasnt aware i could post images there, I thought everything had to be IDed by someone on the site. I'll check out the guide pages
… Gary Budnik, 20 October, 2010 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
to post directly, go to the target taxon page...
...and use the 'add image' command the very same way as when posting to ID Req. [make sure you're in the 'Images' mode]
BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE CERTAIN ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THE BUG
… v belov, 20 October, 2010 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

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