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Old World Hornet
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods »  class Insecta - Insects »  order Hymenoptera - bees, ants and wasps »  family Vespidae - wasps

Other names

= Brown Hornet
= European hornet
= Giant Hornet
= Hornet

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Images

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Petr Šprachta

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Ondřej Zicha

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Miroslav Deml

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Miroslav Deml

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Blaž Šegula

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Michal Maňas

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Michal Maňas

Vespa crabro - Old World Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Josef Dvořák
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Austria, Belgium, China, Corsica, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Vespa dybowskii André, 1884

prey: Stictoleptura rubra (Linnaeus, 1758), Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 - Honey Bee

commensal: Velleius dilatatus (Fabricius, 1787)

mimic: Plagionotus detritus (Linnaeus, 1758), Leptura aurulenta Fabricius, 1793 - Hornet Beetle, Volucella zonaria (Poda, 1761)

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Related glossary terms

LD50
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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 9

subspecies Vespa crabro altaica Pérez, 1910
subspecies Vespa crabro birulai Bequaert, 1931
subspecies Vespa crabro caspica Pérez, 1910
subspecies Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
subspecies Vespa crabro crabroniformis Smith, 1852
subspecies Vespa crabro flavofasciata Cameron, 1903
subspecies Vespa crabro germana Christ, 1791 - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

subspecies Vespa crabro oberthuri du Buysson, 1902
subspecies Vespa crabro vexator Harris, 1776

Links and literature

EN ARKive [/hornet/vespa-crabro/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [167816] [as Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758]
de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Data retrieved on: 2012/03/09
Dvořák L., Straka J. (2007): Vespoidea: Vespidae (vosovití) [http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/suppl_11/Vespida...], Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae [as Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758]
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