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European Hornet

Vespa crabro

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 6,993, February 5,165, March 8,093, April 12,732, May 18,357, June 20,017, July 21,420, August 18,421, September 13,524, October 10,095, November 5,516, December 4,311.
United States166,147
Alaska144,644
Germany6,440
United Kingdom3,896
England3,692
Virginia3,243
France2,973
Russia2,788
Canada2,679
Italy2,651

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies · Vespidae
GenusHornets · Vespa

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