Vespa crabro

 Vernacular names

English: European hornet · Català: vespa xana · Deutsch: Hornisse · Français: Frelon européen · 日本語: モンスズメバチ ·

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Arthropoda • Subphylum: Hexapoda • Classis: Insecta • Subclassis: Pterygota • Infraclassis: Neoptera • Superordo: Endopterygota • Ordo: Hymenoptera • Subordo: Apocrita • Superfamilia: Vespoidea • Familia: Vespidae • Subfamilia: Vespinae • Genus: Vespa • Species: Vespa crabro (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Vespa crabro

Galleries

Images

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  Studio Shoot

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  A disturbed european hornet

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  European hornet harvesting fiber and sap from a lilac twig

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  Hornets verifying each other's identity

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  Hornets tearing the skin off a lilac

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  Hornet with prey

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  Hornissenei

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  Hornissenstachel

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  tote Hornisse mit ausgefahrenem Stachel

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  Makro eines Hornissen Kopf Detail

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  Hornisse tötet Honigbiene

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  Hornet with prey (wasp)

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro germana), King; Hornissenkönigin

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro germana), King; High Quality Image

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro germana), King; Normal Quality Image

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro germana), King; High Quality Image

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro germana), King; Hornissenkönigin

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro germana), King; Hornissenkönigin

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro germana), King; Hornissenkönigin

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro germana), King; Hornissenkönigin

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro germana), King; Hornissenkönigin

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro germana), King; Hornissenkönigin

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  Vespa crabro L.

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  Hornisse

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  Ritualistic fighting of Hornets.

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro), shot in Groesbeek, Netherlands

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro), shot in Groesbeek, Netherlands

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  Hornet (Vespa crabro), shot in Groesbeek, Netherlands

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  Picture of a hornet, shot in Chouvigny, France.

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  Avespa, shot in Galicia

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  Avespa, shot in Galicia

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  Hornet

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  Vespa crabro

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  Size comparison

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  Hornet with the prey catch

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  female worker in front of Nestcavity

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  female workers fanning their wings to cause a draught, or movement of air, for cooling the nest or evaporating moisture from the larvae.

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Nests

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  Deutsch: Hornissenkönigin (Vespa crabro) beginnt ein Nest

  English: Queen of european hornet (Vespa crabro) starting a nest
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  Hornet nest (Vespa crabro), shot in Hemer, Germany

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  Deutsch: Hornissen (Vespa crabro) am Nest.

  English: European hornets (Vespa crabro), nest.