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Maybe a Carpenter Bee? - Vespula pensylvanica - female
Copyright © 2013 joey99

Maybe a Carpenter Bee? - Vespula pensylvanica - Female
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
October 24, 2013
Size: 1 inch
Found on wall around backyard.

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Maybe a Carpenter Bee? - Vespula pensylvanica - female Maybe a Carpenter Bee? - Vespula pensylvanica
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Contributed by joey99 on 25 October, 2013 - 11:13am
Last updated 25 October, 2013 - 4:09pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 25 October, 2013 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

not a bee, it's a vespid
something like Vespula pensylvanica(1)
Carpenter Bees are heavy, hairy things(2)
… v belov, 25 October, 2013 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

 
Sorry For the Errors
Dear Mr. Belov, I am sorry for the errors in the data. I saw those and thought I had corrected them. For some reasons my corrections did not take. I have corrected them again. Yes, I knew honey bees and carpenter bees were hairy. Carpenter bees was my best guess. I'm new at this. Thanks for your help. Joe
… joey99, 25 October, 2013 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

 
no problem -- thanks for the corrections
… v belov, 25 October, 2013 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
OK
You're welcome. Joe
… joey99, 25 October, 2013 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

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