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Common Aerial Yellowjacket

Dolichovespula arenaria

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found on the water's edge struggling in the wet sand at a beach. It eventually flew off after a bit of a struggle crawling.

Reference Links:

Species Dolichovespula arenaria - Common Aerial Yellowjacket - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Jellis
I was looking at that too. aerial yellowjacket dolichovespula arenaria
SukanyaDatta
Would you mind checking out Dolichovespula arenaria, also known as the common aerial yellowjacket or sandhills hornet. (i) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolichovespula_arenaria (ii)http://bugguide.net/node/view/31252

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Hymenoptera of the world -- bees, ants and all their friends
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Alaska Fauna and Flora
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Great Alaskan Challenge

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PublishedAugust 12, 2016

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