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Eastern Yellow Jacket

Vespula maculifrons

Photo by nlralph
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ForestDragon
Vespula pensylvanica is a western species. This is most likely an Eastern Yellowjacket, Vespula maculifrons. http://bugguide.net/node/view/11564

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