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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 » Vespidae » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Aerial Yellowjackets (Dolichovespula) » Rocky Mountain Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula alpicola)
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yellowjacket sp - Dolichovespula alpicola - female
Copyright © 2014 Jukka Jantunen

yellowjacket sp - Dolichovespula alpicola - Female
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
July 10, 2014

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yellowjacket sp - Dolichovespula alpicola - female yellowjacket sp - Dolichovespula alpicola - female
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Contributed by Jukka Jantunen on 10 July, 2014 - 10:45pm
Last updated 4 April, 2018 - 10:56pm

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… Matthias Buck, 2 January, 2016 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

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… John S. Ascher, 10 July, 2014 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

 
A worker of Dolichovespula alpicola?
In my opinion this worker is that of D. alpicola, which is an elusive and interesting wasp. Thanks for posting these :) These would be the first live images of this species!
… Anthony Daglio, 14 July, 2014 - 1:09am login or register to post comments

 
New record for Buguide!!!!!
I sent these photos over to Bob Jacobson (the author of vespula flavopilosa) for identification and he promptly responded: " Although I can't see the face of this wasp, It certainly looks like D. alpicola to me" He also stated "Its interior locality also suggests this species. In addition to various other localities in AK and the lower 48, I've collected D. alpicola, in YT just a few miles from the AK state line". This would be the first live image of this species! Great job!!! You have made history.
… Anthony Daglio, 1 September, 2014 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

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