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 Baldfaced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

Baldfaced hornet | Dolichovespula maculata photo
Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata
Photograph by Marvin Smith. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)




Baldfaced hornet | Dolichovespula maculata photo
Dolichovespula maculata, Bald-Faced Hornet, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Photograph by Fritz Geller-Grimm. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)





BALDFACED HORNET FACTS
Classification
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Vespidae
Genus:Dolichovespula
Species:maculata
Common Name:Baldfaced hornet


Relatives in same Genus
  Aerial yellowjacket (D. arenaria)





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