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Photo by Jacob Gorneau
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Description:

Small wasp I haven't seen before.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Gordon Dietzman
This looks like one of the yellowjackets (Vespula). See http://bugguide.net/node/view/554/bgpage for more information. I'd expect to see more yellow on the face, but maybe the head is just turned somewhat.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2012

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