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Yellow jacket - Dolichovespula arenaria
Copyright © 2014 Matt Goff

Yellow jacket - Dolichovespula arenaria
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
July 21, 2014
I'm not sure if there is enough to identify this to species. I'm also not sure if there is more than one species gathering fiber for nests, but they seem to like my deck.
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Contributed by Matt Goff on 24 July, 2014 - 1:37am
Last updated 9 August, 2014 - 7:52pm

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I posted an additional photo as well as a short video of the yellow jacket gathering fiber at my weblog:
http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2014/08/09/yellow-jacket-gathering-wood-fiber/
… Matt Goff, 9 August, 2014 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hornets and Yellowjackets.
… Matt Goff, 9 August, 2014 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

This is a worker of the common aerial yellowjacket
D. arenaria. Excellent shot by the way!
… Anthony Daglio, 5 August, 2014 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Do you have any tips for how I can tell these apart from D. norvegecoides or maybe D. alpicola (which I've also found around where I live, based on identifications from photos I posted on bugguide)?
… Matt Goff, 9 August, 2014 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

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