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Bald-faced Hornet

Dolichovespula maculata

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 419, February 430, March 680, April 1,332, May 2,558, June 1,199, July 903, August 1,963, September 1,387, October 703, November 439, December 392.
United States45,302
Canada14,524
Ontario7,561
New York4,660
Ohio3,312
Pennsylvania3,104
Illinois3,038
British Columbia3,007
Massachusetts2,693
Virginia2,450

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies · Vespidae
GenusAerial Yellowjackets · Dolichovespula

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Practise Bald-faced Hornet with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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