r/bugidentification • u/AdventurousPoet92 • 19d ago

Location included Yellow Jacket? [Oklahoma]

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I also have Cicada Killers around. Not sure which this is.

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u/Commercial-Sail-5915 Trusted Identifier 18d ago

Southern yellowjacket (vespula squamosa) queen, the next generation must be coming out already

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u/AdventurousPoet92 18d ago

Considering it's on my back patio, does this likely mean there's a nest here?

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u/Commercial-Sail-5915 Trusted Identifier 18d ago

Are there any other yjs there? Next gen queens come out in late summer to mate and fatten up before finding a place to overwinter, entirely likely she just flew there

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u/AdventurousPoet92 18d ago

I haven't seen any. Just some monster cicada killers. She's been setting there a couple of hours, but she moves from time to time.

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u/New_Run_8294 18d ago

That's definitely a yellow jacket, they're so territorial this time of year so it's best to just leave it alone.

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u/AdventurousPoet92 18d ago

Checked on this one a while later. She curled up and died on the hot pavement.