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BALD FACED HORNET MESH HATS by canoeriver
Dolichovespula maculata is a North American insect which, despite commonly being called the bald-faced hornet (or white-faced hornet), is not a true hornet at all. It belongs to a genus of wasps called yellowjackets in North America, and is more distantly related to true hornets like the Asian giant hornet or European hornet, but the term "hornet" is often used colloquially to refer to any vespine with an exposed aerial nest. The bald-faced hornet lives throughout North America, including southern Canada, the Rocky Mountains, the western coast of the United States, and most of the eastern US. They are most common in the southeastern United States. They are best known for their large football-shaped paper nest, which they build in the spring for raising their young. These nests can sometimes reach 3 feet tall. Like the median wasp Dolichovespula media in Europe, bald-faced hornets are extremely protective of their nests and will sting repeatedly if disturbed. Every year young queens that were born and fertilized the previous year start a new colony and raise their young. The workers expand the nest by chewing up wood that mixes with a starch in their saliva, which they spread with their mandibles and legs to dry into paper. The workers also guard the nest and collect nectar and arthropods to feed the larvae. This continues through summer and into fall. As winter approaches, the wasps die, except for young fertilized queens which hibernate underground or in hollow trees. The nest is generally abandoned by winter, and will most likely not be reused. When spring arrives the young queens emerge, and the cycle begins again. Bald-faced hornets visit flowers, especially in late summer, and can be minor pollinators. Like other social wasps, bald-faced hornets have a caste system made up of the following: 1. Queens — fertile females which begin the colonies and lay eggs. 2. Workers — infertile females which do the manual labor. 3. Drones — males, which have no stingers, and are born from unfertilized eggs.
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Being shown off in the hornet store category in Zazzle's online marketplace, the unique bugs cap displayed above was made by the highly talented Seller, canoeriver. With the name, “bald faced hornet hat”, this hornet personalized cap is just one of the oodles of cool ideas that are available for sale online in the Zazzle marketplace. While canoeriver correctly named this hat the “bald faced hornet hat”, you can find similar designs by searching for the tags, bugs, hornet, wasps, and bees. There's no doubt that you will find many other fascinating designs before you know it.

Custom created with cutting-edge technology, the special wasps cap shown above will look amazing with this designer's bugs image. With the perfect surface for printing, this hat is hip and cool. Get the trucker hat shown above, or try browsing other INSECTS images in the Zazzle marketplace. Regardless of when you where it, this trucker hat option is going to look great and make canoeriver's bald faced hornet hat an everyday favorite.

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Dolichovespula maculata is a North American insect which, despite commonly being called the bald-faced hornet (or white-faced hornet), is not a true hornet at all. It belongs to a genus of wasps called yellowjackets in North America, and is more distantly related to true hornets like the Asian giant hornet or European hornet, but the term "hornet" is often used colloquially to refer to any vespine with an exposed aerial nest. The bald-faced hornet lives throughout North America, including southern Canada, the Rocky Mountains, the western coast of the United States, and most of the eastern US. They are most common in the southeastern United States. They are best known for their large football-shaped paper nest, which they build in the spring for raising their young. These nests can sometimes reach 3 feet tall. Like the median wasp Dolichovespula media in Europe, bald-faced hornets are extremely protective of their nests and will sting repeatedly if disturbed. Every year young queens that were born and fertilized the previous year start a new colony and raise their young. The workers expand the nest by chewing up wood that mixes with a starch in their saliva, which they spread with their mandibles and legs to dry into paper. The workers also guard the nest and collect nectar and arthropods to feed the larvae. This continues through summer and into fall. As winter approaches, the wasps die, except for young fertilized queens which hibernate underground or in hollow trees. The nest is generally abandoned by winter, and will most likely not be reused. When spring arrives the young queens emerge, and the cycle begins again. Bald-faced hornets visit flowers, especially in late summer, and can be minor pollinators. Like other social wasps, bald-faced hornets have a caste system made up of the following: 1. Queens — fertile females which begin the colonies and lay eggs. 2. Workers — infertile females which do the manual labor. 3. Drones — males, which have no stingers, and are born from unfertilized eggs.

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