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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 »  genus Vespa - Hornets

Other names

= Brown Hornet
= European hornet
= Giant Hornet
= Hornet

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Images

Vespa crabro - Old World Hornet

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 - Old World Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Josef Dvořák

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Vlask

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Vespa crabro germana - European Hornet

Author: Milan Kořínek
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larva

Vespa crabro - Old World Hornet

Vespa crabro - Old World Hornet

Vespa crabro - Old World Hornet

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nest

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

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Taxon in country check-lists*

Austria, Belgium, China, Corsica, Czech Republic (Bohemia, Moravia), 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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Included 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

CZ Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody (ISOP) [29208]

Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody (ISOP) [http://portal.nature.cz] [as Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 9 January 2014
CZ Natura Bohemica - Příroda České republiky [vespa-crabro]

Trnka F. (ed.): Natura Bohemica - Příroda České republiky [http://www.naturabohemica.cz]
EN ARKive [/hornet/vespa-crabro/]

ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 16 December 2010
EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [167816]

de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
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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