European hornet
vespa crabro latin

It is a little bit smaller than the European hornet.

European hornets are carnivores and eat many species of insects.

When approached, European hornets can actually be seen to slowly crawl backwards and eventually flee, rather than attack.

It is sometimes mistaken for the European hornet.

European hornets worldwide are found with geographic colour forms:

A European hornet found in southern counties of England, and continental Europe.

It is similar in appearance to the established European hornet, Vespa crabro.

It has hair on the thorax and abdomen, although the European hornet is not as hairy as most bees.

European hornets are attracted to lights at night, but are not attracted to human foods and food wastes.

European hornets dont have the rove beetle Velleius dilatatus living in their colonies.

Some people believe that "three stings from the European hornet can kill an adult human, and seven can kill a horse".

European hornets are often mischaracterised as very aggressive and dangerous, and are greatly feared by some people.

European hornets (Vespa crabro) are often mistaken for Eastern cicada killers.

The European hornet is larger than the common wasp, but smaller than some Asian hornet species.

This subspecies can be distinguished from the Common European hornet as V. crabro vexator has a yellow head.

In Asia, the common european hornet is found in southern Siberia, as well as in eastern China.

The Oriental hornet Vespa orientalis, is a hornet which looks very similar to the European hornet.

The rove beetle Velleius dilatatus lives together with the European hornet Vespa crabro crabro.

European hornet Vespa crabro, (sometimes known as Old World Hornet, or Brown Hornet).

In fact, the only true hornet on this continent is an introduced species, the European hornet, which is chocolate-brown, as big as a thumb and surprisingly mild-mannered.

The best known species is the European hornet (Vespa crabro), about 2-3 cm in length, widely distributed throughout Europe, Russia, and Northeast Asia.

The common european hornet was accidentally introduced to North America about the middle of the 19th century, and has lived there since at about the same latitudes as in Europe.

The median wasp is a large, social wasp, it is the second largest British wasp with only the European hornet Vespa crabro being larger.

"I had European hornets in the wall of my house in Georgia, and they'd fly in and out of a hole right above where I entertained guests.

The most aggressive stinging insects are vespid wasps (including bald-faced hornets and other yellow jackets) but not hornets in general (e.g., the European hornet is less harmful).

The rove beetle Velleius dilatatus lives together with the European hornet Vespa crabro crabro.

Mordellistena abdominalis and Ischnomera caerulea, and Hornet (Vespa crabro).

The best known species is the European hornet (Vespa crabro), about 2-3 cm in length, widely distributed throughout Europe, Russia, and Northeast Asia.

The common european hornet, also called Vespa crabro, is the better known species, widely distributed in Europe (but is never found north of the 63rd parallel), in North China and also the only species introduced to North America, Ukraine and European Russia (except in extreme northern areas).