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Photo by Aarongunnar
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Field Notes

Description:

Unknown wasp (yellow jacket?) feeding on cultivated Sarracenia alata.

Species ID Suggestions

German yellowjacket

Vespula germanica

Reference Link
Ornithoptera80
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Comments (2)
Dangermouse
Or a paper wasp. Both are very similar, but a german wasp has 3 black dots on the face, and the paper wasp has a hairless abdomen.
Thurd13
Possibly a german wasp??http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6805367
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PublishedJuly 28, 2011

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