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Bald-faced Hornet's Nest

Dolichovespula maculata

Habitat:

Woods by a roadside.

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12 Comments

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 11 years ago

Thank you very much for the link Ava (:

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Here's a new blog.spot on wasp's nests with very cool pictures and information: http://davidhaskell.wordpress.com/?blogs...

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Canada is beautiful. i have been there twice.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

How big do they get?

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 12 years ago

& a big one @ that

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

Thanks; it's really a work of art, isn't it?

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 12 years ago

okidok

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

Please consider putting this spotting into the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

You are welcome! I hope it's accurate :-)

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 12 years ago

Thank you for the identification & links

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Wonderful Nest!

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Resembles a bald-faced hornet's (Dolichovespula maculata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald-faced_...) nest (http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/09/14/b...) and the range is right. So maybe but not positively...

Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Québec, Canada

Spotted on Oct 7, 2011
Submitted on Oct 11, 2011

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