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Vespinae:Vespa ducalis (Smith) |
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BUGS FOR THE AMATEUR
June 2006, Sai King Country Park. A worker foraging for sap from a wound in a Citrus reticulata (tangerine)
July 2006, Kornhill. A young colony affixed to the soffit of a vehicular overpass. Note the incompleted umbrella like external envelop, typical of this species, as well as the protruding cocoon caps.