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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Previous FWG blogs >> 2012 Blogs >> FWG Blog: October 2012 > Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
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02-OCT-2012 Barry Cottam

Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

Another black and white wasp, but quite different from the next one (the potter wasp). These are actually also paper wasps, not true hornets, and are responsible for the large paper nests suspended from trees, usually high up, but not always. The aerial yellowjacket also builds a paper nest very similar in construction, but much smaller, and also suspended from trees or rafters.

Canon EOS 60D
1/125s f/11.0 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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