Bees/Wasps invading our home, can anyone ID them?

bcaptain Lawton, MI Sep 25, 2014

In my googling it seems this may be a paper wasp, although it *seems* to have more of a fuzzy thorax than any of the pictures I've found. I've taken a video of the thing:

https://youtu.be/xnYEh_WjuwU

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 25, 2014

It looks like a vespid wasp, but need a clearer image - try placing the container in a refrigerator for an hour or so, then shake out the insect onto a plain background and take a couple of close-up photos before it revives...

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bcaptain Lawton, MI Sep 25, 2014

An hour in the fridge knocked him right out. his leg twitched a little bit a minute after I pulled him out though. Here's some pretty good quality shots. Lemme know if you need a shot of a different orientation.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 26, 2014

Definitely one of the yellowjackets in the genus Vespula - might be Vespula acadica - http://www.biodiversity.ubc.ca/entomology_pictures/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespinae/Vespula%20acadica%20male%20%283lateral%29.jpg

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bcaptain Lawton, MI Sep 28, 2014

Thanks a lot! It sounds like (from some other research) that this particular insect isn't a pollinator, so I won't feel bad calling the exterminator.

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