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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) Jun 15, 2008

I had a whole swarm of these come out of the ground when I was watering .. they were not aggressive at all. Are they keepers?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jun 17, 2008

This one of the wasps in the family Vespidae, genus Vespula, commonly referred to as yellowjackets; possibly the eastern yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) - see http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Vespula+maculifrons. Yellowjackets can be rather cantankerous when their nests are disturbed; I have been severely stung when I accidentally dug into such a nest.

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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) Jun 17, 2008

Thanks! .. these guys just flew all around me, didn't try to sting or anything.

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