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Western Yellowjacket

Vespula pensylvanica

Photo by rbumrbum
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A starving Yellow Jacket attacking a Western Honey Bee(Apis mellifera).

Habitat:

Underground hives.

Notes:

Usually goes after pests like caterpillars but the drought is making them desperate.

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PublishedAugust 19, 2015

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