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Yellow-trimmed hornet - Vespula maculifrons
Copyright © 2014 Timothy Reichard

Yellow-trimmed hornet - Vespula maculifrons
Soldiers Delight NEA, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
May 18, 2014
This hornet looks like it's halfway between an Eastern Yellowjacket and a European Hornet. The last representative image on BG's Vespinae info page shows an Eastern Yellowjacket queen that looks very close to my hornet. Is that what I've photographed?
Contributed by Timothy Reichard on 19 May, 2014 - 10:34pm
Last updated 20 May, 2014 - 8:42pm

Moved
Moved from Hornets and Yellowjackets.
… Matthias Buck, 20 May, 2014 - 8:42pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 20 May, 2014 - 7:35pm

Given the early date in the p
Given the early date in the photograph, yes this does appear to be a queen eastern yellowjacket. A worker of either the european hornet or the eastern yellowjacket would not have hatched this early in the season, so any wasps you see now are queens.
… k jkh, 20 May, 2014 - 7:48am

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