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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
  • An abandoned Chickadee nest shows it's careful construction using grass, camouflaged with birch bark, and lined with pine needles.
    nest-7400.jpg
  • Chickadee nest in a birch tree, made with birch bark, grass and white pine needles
    chickadee_nest-7398.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket nest dug up by raccoons.
    yellowjacket_nest-4696.jpg
  • Entrance burrow to Eastern Yellowjacket nest
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-24008.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket nest dug up by raccoons.
    yellowjacket_nest-4687.jpg
  • Yellowjacket nest excavated  by racoons
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-4717.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket nest dug up by raccoons.
    yellowjacket_nest-4693.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket nest excavated by raccoons. Grubs in brood comb; one almost ready to emerge.
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-4713.jpg
  • Yellowjacket nest excavated  by racoons
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-4665.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
  • 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 bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flies back to the nest, while another fans the entrance to cool the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12117.jpg
  • A foraging Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the busy nest entrance with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11922.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.
    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. 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-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) adds a new green-shaded strip of chewed plant pulp to the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E6845.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) flys back to the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E9181.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
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the nest; a larger queen wasp is at the entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12458.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
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning with material for nest construction
    eastern_yellowjacket-21875_crop.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) 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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) flies back to the nest with a bolus of chewed plant fiber for building onto the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10199.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.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) 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-E10848.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
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flies head-on to the camera while maneuvering at the nest entrance.
    yellowjacket-E27256.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.
    bald-faced_hornet-E13295-2.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) 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
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flys back to the nest with a large chunk of food.
    Yellowjacket_food-E23356.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
  • 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
  • German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanicaxanthic) in flight, returning to nest with cricket leg.
    German_Yellowjacket-27289cropL.jpg
  • A foraging Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) returns to the nest with a beetle,
    Yellowjacket_Beetle-E26590.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
  • 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-E10114.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 - a captured fly, while another leaves to forage.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12212.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
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) returning to nest with piece of meat
    eastern_yellowjacket-22584_c9.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
  • 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
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12194.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) returning to nest with piece of meat
    eastern_yellowjacket-22584b.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning to nest with food.
    eastern_yellowjacket-23458_crop.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) removing a dead larva from the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E8415.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the nest with food.
    Bald-faced_Hornet-E8264.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning to nest with food.
    eastern_yellowjacket-23458_c12.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning to nest with hairy piece of carrion.
    eastern_yellowjacket-22349_c9.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-E10634.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning to nest with food.
    eastern_yellowjacket-23696_crop12.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning to nest.
    yellowjacket-23993_crop.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight, returning to nest with food.
    eastern_yellowjacket-23638_crop.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) at nest.
    yellowjacket-23623_crop.jpg
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