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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) » Northern Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula norvegicoides)
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Dolichovespula norvegicoides - male?? - Dolichovespula norvegicoides - male
Copyright © 2011 Libby & Rick Avis

Dolichovespula norvegicoides - male?? - Dolichovespula norvegicoides - Male
Meadow above Louise Goetting Lake, Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
August 28, 2010
Would appreciate help with ID.

Found in alpine meadow about 3,000 ft.
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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 13 January, 2011 - 3:44pm
Last updated 29 March, 2014 - 6:08pm

D. norvegicoides, male
Metasoma too dark for D. alpicola.
… Matthias Buck, 29 March, 2014 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dolichovespula.
… Matthias Buck, 29 March, 2014 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hornets and Yellowjackets.
… John F. Carr, 26 September, 2012 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 15 January, 2011 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

I would say yes...
But mainly because I see no other possibility (hence no "positive" ID).
At any rate, this extremely melanic specimen is quite interesting.
… Richard Vernier, 14 January, 2011 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting....
I've never seen an example like this!! Would have been a good one to collect and send for examination
… Vespula Vulgaris, 14 January, 2011 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

 
This is actually a male of an
This is actually a male of an undescribed socially parasitic species related to D.Arctica
… Anthony Daglio, 22 April, 2012 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

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