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  • A bald-faced hornet nest (Dolichovespula maculata) reveals itself about 30 feet up a Red Maple tree (Acer rubrum) after the leaves have fallen.
    hornet_nest-O15685.jpg
  • Chickadee nest in a birch tree, made with birch bark, grass and white pine needles
    chickadee_nest-7398.jpg
  • An abandoned Chickadee nest shows it's careful construction using grass, camouflaged with birch bark, and lined with pine needles.
    nest-7400.jpg
  • Entrance burrow to Eastern Yellowjacket nest
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-24008.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket nest dug up by raccoons.
    yellowjacket_nest-4696.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket nest dug up by raccoons.
    yellowjacket_nest-4687.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket nest dug up by raccoons.
    yellowjacket_nest-4693.jpg
  • Yellowjacket nest excavated  by racoons
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-4717.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket nest excavated by raccoons. Grubs in brood comb; one almost ready to emerge.
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-4713.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket grubs (Vespula maculifrons) in the brood comb of a  nest excavated by raccoons.
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-4715.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket nest excavated by raccoons. Grubs in brood comb; one almost ready to emerge.
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-4681.jpg
  • Yellowjacket nest excavated  by racoons
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-4665.jpg
  • Nest sprayed (after I got stung) and dug up overnight by raccoons. Grubs in brood comb.
    yellowjacket_nest-4682.jpg
  • The busy entrance of a bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) nest, with workers fanning the entrance to cool the nest, and a worker removing a dead larva.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7321.jpg
  • A foraging Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the busy nest entrance with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11922.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flies back to the nest, while another fans the entrance to cool the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12117.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) working at the nest entrance - fanning to help cool the nest, and building up the paper walls of the enclosure.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7333.jpg
  • Foraging bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) in flight and tending the nest.
    bald-faced_hornets-E9372.jpg
  • The subtle color variations of different plant fibers create a striped design as bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) build up their nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7234.jpg
  • The subtle color variations of different plant fibers create a striped design as bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) build up their nest. This wasp has a bolus of chewed pulp under its "chin" which it feeds through its mandibles, squeezing and forming it onto an existing paper edge.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7225.jpg
  • The subtle color variations of different plant fibers create a striped design as bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) build up their nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7232.jpg
  • The subtle color variations of different plant fibers create a striped design as bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) build up their nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7229.jpg
  • The subtle color variations of different plant fibers create a striped design as bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) build up their nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7210.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11450.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to a busy nest entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12754.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) adds a new green-shaded strip of chewed plant pulp to the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E6845.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flies back to the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E9181.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the nest; a larger queen wasp is at the entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12458.jpg
  • Yellowjacket trimming vegetation away from entrance to nest
    Yellowjacket-20391_crop.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10370.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10492.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight at nest entrance.
    eastern_yellowjacket-22389_crop.jpg
  • Yellowjacket expanding nest; removing soil from hive chamber
    Yellowjacket-20454_crop.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) fly back to the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11483.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjackets  (Vespula maculifrons) flying to and from nest; near collision.
    eastern_yellowjackets-21910.jpg
  • A male killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) sits on duty in their nest, well camouflaged on the rocky field.
    killdeer-M8039.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning with material for nest construction
    eastern_yellowjacket-21875_crop.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the busy nest entrance with food. Another fans the entrance to cool down the nest, while a third leaves to forage.
    bald-faced_hornet-E13295.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flies from the nest with a clump of soil it excavated to expand the nest.
    Yellowjacket_Excavating-E25272.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flies back to the nest with a bolus of chewed plant fiber for building onto the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10848.jpg
  • Busy Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) flying to and from the nest - one with a clump of soil it has excavated to enlarge the nest, and another returns with a caterpillar for the young.
    Yellowjackets-E25791.jpg
  • German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanicaxanthic) building nest, in flight at nest entrance. Lower wasp is leaving with a clump of soil (excavating a larger underground chamber); upper one is returning with cellulose stripped from old wood (to build paper nest)
    German_Yellowjacket-28521.jpg
  • Busy Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) flying to and from the nest - one with a clump of soil it has excavated to enlarge the nest, and another returns with a caterpillar for the young.
    Yellowjackets-E25791.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) takes off from the nest with a clump of earth it has excavated to enlarge the underground nest, while another returns in the background with food for the growing brood.
    Excavating_Yellowjacket-E21222.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjackets building nest, in flight at nest entrance. Lower wasp is leaving with a clump of soil (excavating a larger underground chamber); upper one is returning with cellulose stripped from old wood (to build paper nest)
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-28521.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flies back to the nest with mandibles full of wood fibers that it has chewed off a dead branch. She will chew it into a pulp for building the paper cells of the nest.
    Yellowjacket_pulp-E21600.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flies back to the nest with a bolus of chewed plant fiber for building onto the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10199.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flies back to the nest with mandibles full of wood fibers that it has chewed off a dead branch. She will chew it into a pulp for building the paper cells of the nest.
    Yellowjacket-E21235.jpg
  • A Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the busy nest entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11458.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flies back to the nest with a bolus of chewed plant fiber for building onto the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10247.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) with a bolus of chewed plant fiber to build onto the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7380.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) fanning the entrance to help cool the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7314.jpg
  • Two Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) return to the nest with food, while a third leaves with a clump of soil it has excavated to enlarge the underground nest.
    Busy_Yellowjackets-E29500-2.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flies head-on to the camera while maneuvering at the nest entrance.
    yellowjacket-E27256.jpg
  • German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanicaxanthic) in flight, returning to nest with cricket leg.
    German_Yellowjacket-27289b.jpg
  • A Spangled-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) places a larger pebble on its nest entrance to hide it from other insects. These wasps dig a brood tunnel and lay a single egg on a stung caterpillar. Then, before they leave to hunt for additional caterpillars (to ensure the larva has enough food until they pupate), they plug the brood chamber entrance with a larger pebble and hide it with the surrounding sand. Camouflaging the entrance prevents predation and parasitization of their larva by other insects. This image shows how it bends its front legs,  using the stronger hairs on them to move the sand quickly.
    Spangled-winged_Thread-waisted_Wasp-...jpg
  • A foraging bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) returns to the nest with a load of food for the youngsters.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11347.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12290.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food - the abdomen of a Yellowjacket wasp.
    bald-faced_hornet-E8754.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flies from the nest with a caterpillar.
    Yellowjacket_food-E27397.jpg
  • Foraging Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) fly back to the nest - one with food, another with a bolus of chewed plant fiber for building material.
    bald-faced_hornet-E13354.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the nest with chewed plant pulp for building material.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11946.jpg
  • A Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the nest with a chewed up portion of  yellowjacket.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11888.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) returning to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-8797.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E13295.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E8917.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) returns to the nest with food, as another prepares to leave.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7402.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flies back to the nest with a bolus of chewed plant fiber for building material.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12015.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) midair collision at entrance to nest; one returning with food, the other leaving to forage.
    eastern_yellowjackets-22906L.jpg
  • A Spangled-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) places a larger pebble on its nest entrance to hide it from other insects. These wasps dig a brood tunnel and lay a single egg on a stung caterpillar. Then, before they leave to hunt for additional caterpillars (to ensure the larva has enough food until they pupate), they plug the brood chamber entrance with a larger pebble and hide it with the surrounding sand. Camouflaging the entrance prevents predation and parasitization of their larva by other insects. This image shows the plug pebble covered with sand.
    Spangled-winged_Thread-waisted_Wasp-...jpg
  • A foraging Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) returns to the nest with a beetle,
    Yellowjacket_Beetle-E26590.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flys back to the nest with a large chunk of food.
    Yellowjacket_food-E23356.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flying back to the nest with a caterpillar.
    Yellowjacket-E24803.jpg
  • A foraging Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning to nest with  a larva.
    Yellowjacket-E24836.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10114.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food - a captured fly, while another leaves to forage.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12212.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) returning to nest with piece of meat
    eastern_yellowjacket-22584_c9.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) midair collision at entrance to nest; one returning with food, the other leaving to forage.
    eastern_yellowjackets-22906_crop.jpg
  • A Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the nest with a bolus of wood fiber chewed up for building material.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11493.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10650.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12194.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flies back to the nest with a bolus of chewed plant fiber for building material.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12109.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10686.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10606.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) at nest entrance
    eastern_yellowjacket-22760_crop.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) returning to nest with food
    yellowjacket-22756_Crop.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning to nest with a captured fly.
    eastern_yellowjacket-22176_crop.jpg
  • A foraging Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flies back to the nest with a fly it has caught.
    Yellowjacket_fly-E26093.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning to nest with food.
    eastern_yellowjacket-23458_crop.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) return to the nest entrance with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10691.jpg
  • Foraging Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) fly back to the nest - one with food, another with a bolus of chewed plant fiber for building material.
    bald-faced_hornet-E13354-2.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning to nest with hairy piece of carrion.
    eastern_yellowjacket-22349_c9.jpg
  • A Spangled-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) places a larger pebble on its nest entrance to hide it from other insects. These wasps dig a brood tunnel and lay a single egg on a stung caterpillar. Then, before they leave to hunt for additional caterpillars (to ensure the larva has enough food until they pupate), they plug the brood chamber entrance with a larger pebble and hide it with the surrounding sand. Camouflaging the entrance prevents predation and parasitization of their larva by other insects.
    Spangled-winged_Thread-waisted_Wasp-...jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) returning to nest with piece of meat
    eastern_yellowjacket-22584b.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the busy nest entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11954.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10629-2.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) jam up at the nest entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet_traffic_jam-E8228.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10744.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10634.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) removing a dead larva from the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E8415.jpg
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