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yellow jacket

Vespula pensylvanica

Photo by bugblub
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Field Notes

Description:

western yellow jacket feeding on a mite

Habitat:

Back yard shrubbery near the vegetable garden.

Notes:

Note the small mite it seems to be eating in one photo.

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Front Range Life of Colorado
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Urban Biodiversity of Colorado
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Wasps of Colorado
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Colorado Bug Club
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 1, 2013

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