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Wasp - Vespula squamosa - female
Copyright © 2004 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Wasp - Vespula squamosa - Female
Gainesville, Florida, USA
March 15, 2004
Disturbed from under a rock in my yard. Wings vibrating rapidly.
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 17 September, 2004 - 1:50pm
Last updated 8 October, 2007 - 4:29pm

Southern yellow jacket (queen)
This is a queen of the southern yellow jacket, Vespula squamosa. Probably had entered hibernation already. These insects can either found their own colonies, or take over the colonies of the eastern yellow jacket, V. maculifrons (in which case the queen of V. squamosa kills the queen of V. maculifrons and enslaves the workers of that species to raise her own offspring).
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 September, 2004 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric
I think you're right, that I disturbed her from her hibernation. She seemed to want to retreat back to a hole in the ground.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 17 September, 2004 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

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