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The European hornet (Vespa crabro) is the largest eusocial wasp native to Europe.It is also the only true hornet (genus Vespa) found in North America, having been introduced to the United States and Canada from Europe as early as 1840.
Life history of Vespa crabro. As the colony size grows, new combs are added, and an envelope is built around the cell layers until the nest is entirely covered, with the exception of an entry hole. To build cells in total darkness, they apparently use gravity to aid them.
The subfamily Vespinae contains the largest and best-known groups of eusocial wasps, including true hornets (the genus Vespa), and the "yellowjackets" (genera Dolichovespula and Vespula). [1] The remaining genus, Provespa , is a small, poorly known group of nocturnal wasps from Southeast Asia .
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European hornet, Vespa crabro. Like all insects, wasps have a hard exoskeleton which protects their three main body parts, the head, the mesosoma (including the thorax and the first segment of the abdomen) and the metasoma. There is a narrow waist, the petiole, joining the first and second segments of the abdomen. The two pairs of membranous ...
V. Vespa (genus) Vespa affinis; Vespa analis; Vespa bellicosa; Vespa bicolor; Vespa binghami; Vespa crabro; Vespa ducalis; Vespa dybowskii; Vespa fervida; Vespa luctuosa
Vespa crabro – European hornet; Vespa vulgaris – Vespula vulgaris, common wasp; ... Vespa calida; Apis Bombus muscorum, originally named Apis muscorum in 1758.
The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) or northern giant hornet, [2] [3] including the color form referred to as the Japanese giant hornet, [4] [5] is the world's largest hornet. It is native to temperate and tropical East Asia , South Asia , Mainland Southeast Asia , and parts of the Russian Far East .