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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) » Ground Yellowjackets (Vespula) » Western Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)
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Hymenoptera - Vespula pensylvanica
Copyright © 2010 Doug Danforth

Hymenoptera - Vespula pensylvanica
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
October 27, 2010
Size: 15-17mm
crawling around on the ground and in leaves of ground-cover at 5700'

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Contributed by Doug Danforth on 27 October, 2010 - 1:45pm
Last updated 5 November, 2010 - 8:11am

Male
7 abdominal segments = ♂
… Bob Biagi, 9 April, 2017 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hornets and Yellowjackets.
… Doug Danforth, 5 November, 2010 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 28 October, 2010 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John
I think I found it after your lead. I think it is Vespula pensylvanica.
… Doug Danforth, 29 October, 2010 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
male pensylvanica
… Vespula Vulgaris, 2 November, 2010 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

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