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| Entrace to a yellowjacket nest. This nest was in my garden, probably from a abandaned ground hog hole. They only showed some agression when we mowed near the nest. Okemos, MI. August 24, 2002.* Viewed: 3808 times. |
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| Entrance to a yellow jacket nest, in a pile of twigs just behind my house.* Viewed: 2750 times. |
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| The nest of the yellowjackets shown in the previous picture. This is Nov. 23, 2001 and nearlly all workers are dead due to the temperature. Only mated queens survive winter and start new nests the next year. Viewed: 3135 times. |
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| Starting up a new nest by a queen Polistes dominulus. New nests are usually started May-June. This picture was taken on June 8, 2002.* Viewed: 2806 times. |
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| A nest of European paper wasps (Polistes dominulus). This is an invasive species in Michigan. It has become much more common than the grey paper wasp (P. fuscatus), which is not as aggressive. MSU apiary, USA. August 20, 2001.* Viewed: 2887 times. |
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| A very young nest of the baldfaced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata). Can be very agressive but prey on other insects for a living. Michigan, USA. Viewed: 2657 times. |
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| The European paper wasps (Polistes dominulus, Vespidate) will nest anywhere they please. Here they are nesting inside a horizontal metal pipe (diameter about 3 inches). MSU apiary, USA. August 5, 2002. * Viewed: 3378 times. |
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| A nest of Polistes dominulus (European paper wasp) underneath the wax melter. The surface it attached to was metal. Viewed: 3062 times. |
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| A bee on my palm. I am not sure what kind of bee it is (next time I have to sacrafice all the nice bugs to science! Must collect specimens to have correct identification, I was told, photos are not good enough). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 7, 2002. Viewed: 2627 times. |
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| Defecation (droppings) underneath the nesting hole of a carpenter bee (Xylocopa spp, Apidae). Photo and copyrighted by Chris Earley. July 23, 2003. Viewed: 2997 times. |
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