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Bald-faced Hornet's Nest

Dolichovespula maculata

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45.9567, -76.1698

Field Notes

Habitat:

Woods by a roadside.

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Here's a new blog.spot on wasp's nests with very cool pictures and information: http://davidhaskell.wordpress.com/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-3
Canada is beautiful. i have been there twice.
Thanks; it's really a work of art, isn't it?
Please consider putting this spotting into the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
Resembles a bald-faced hornet's (Dolichovespula maculata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald-faced_hornet) nest (http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/09/14/bald-faced-hornet-nest-4/) and the range is right. So maybe but not positively...

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