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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 » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Aerial Yellowjackets (Dolichovespula) » Common Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula arenaria)
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Yellow Jacket - Dolichovespula arenaria - female
Copyright © 2014 Jon M. Yuschock

Yellow Jacket - Dolichovespula arenaria - Female
Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 26, 2014
In the midst of nest building. Common Aerial?
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Contributed by Jon M. Yuschock on 26 May, 2014 - 2:58pm
Last updated 19 September, 2014 - 1:52pm

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Moved from Hornets and Yellowjackets. I agree, and these are not easy to sneak up on to photograph in this stage!
… Vespula Vulgaris, 19 September, 2014 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps.
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Moved from ID Request.
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A nest founding queen of D. arenaria
This is an excellent photo in my opinion. The location where the wasp was found as well as the unmistakable clypeal spot on the clypeal disc can determine this queen under D. arenaria.
… Anthony Daglio, 2 July, 2014 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you much, Anthony!
… Jon M. Yuschock, 21 July, 2014 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

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