Vespula

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Got a little too close to this nest and ended up with a sting on the ear. Looks like one of the wasps is carrying a larva?

Key: http://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/bmc_05/90v_consobrina.html

Got a little too close to this nest and ended up with a sting on the ear. Looks like one of the wasps is carrying a larva?

Flew lazily into a hole I was digging, and seemed reluctant to fly out again.

Flew lazily into a hole I was digging, and seemed reluctant to fly out again.

Flew lazily into a hole I was digging, and seemed reluctant to fly out again.

Found on an electrical box by one of the hidden swamps.

In the grasslands part of the Clarkia Trail