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Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons
Copyright © 2006 Jonathan Burishkin

Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons
Collegedale, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
August 12, 2006
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Contributed by Jonathan Burishkin on 24 August, 2006 - 7:02pm
Last updated 19 November, 2013 - 9:28pm

Wow,
I have never seen one with such perfect markings like this one, nice image!!
… vulgaris, 2 August, 2007 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

Vespula maculifrons
This is the Eastern Yellow Jacket. A very common species in our area. You can id this one by the arrow shape on the abdomen. In our trap collecting here in Warren and Grundy Counties, this species was collected the most. The Southern Yellow Jacket was probably a very close second. Great photo.
… Joshua P. Basham, 24 August, 2006 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

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