?European Hornet
Female European Hornet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Vespidae Genus: Vespa Species: V. crabro
Binomial name
Vespa crabro L., 1761

For main article see hornet. For the insect known colloquially in America as a hornet see Bald-faced hornet, and similarly for the Australian hornet.

The European hornet Vespa crabro is the largest European eusocial wasp. It is known commonly (and correctly) as a hornet. This is not to be confused with the colloquial use of hornet (although scientifically incorrect) for a Bald-faced hornet, or other aerial yellowjacket. The queen measures 25 to 35 mm long, males and workers are smaller. In males, the antennae have 13 segments, while females have 12. The male abdomen is composed of 7 visible segments, while that of the female has 6; females are equipped with an ovipositor. ^{[citation needed]} See wasp and bee characteristicsto help identify an insect. from German Wikipedia I cant find it on the German Wiki. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets... Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Many families, see article Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of Insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ... Genera The vespids are a family of wasps, including all social wasps and some solitary wasps. ... For the insect known colloquially in America as a hornet see Bald-faced hornet, and similarly for the Australian hornet, also see European hornet Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps, reaching up to 45 millimetres (1. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... For the insect known colloquially in America as a hornet see Bald-faced hornet, and similarly for the Australian hornet, also see European hornet Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps, reaching up to 45 millimetres (1. ... Binomial name Dolichovespula maculata Linnaeus The Bald-faced hornet or White-faced hornet Dolichovespula maculata is not a true hornet at all. ... Binomial name Abispa ephippium (Fabricius, 1775) The Australian Hornet (Abispa ephippium, also known as a Potter or Mason Wasp) is a vespid insect native to the New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia states of Australia. ... This section does not cite its references or sources. ... Suborder Symphyta Apocrita See text for families. ... For the insect known colloquially in America as a hornet see Bald-faced hornet, and similarly for the Australian hornet, also see European hornet Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps, reaching up to 45 millimetres (1. ... For the insect known colloquially in America as a hornet see Bald-faced hornet, and similarly for the Australian hornet, also see European hornet Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps, reaching up to 45 millimetres (1. ... Binomial name Dolichovespula maculata Linnaeus The Bald-faced hornet or White-faced hornet Dolichovespula maculata is not a true hornet at all. ... For the comic book characters, see Yellowjacket (comics). ... A queen is the only female insect in a hive that is fertile and egg laying; for example, a queen bee, wasp, hornet, ant, or termite. ... The abdomen is a part of the body. ... The ovipositor is an organ used by some of the arthropods for oviposition, i. ... While easily confusable at a distance or without close observation, there are many different characteristics of bees and wasps which can be used to identify them. ...

Description

Eyes are deeply indented, shaped like a C. Wings are reddish-orange, the petiolated abdomen is orange striped with brown. The petiole of this ant consists of two segments In entomology, the term petiole is most commonly used to refer to the constricted first (and sometimes second) metasomal segment of members of the Hymenopteran suborder Apocrita; it may be used to refer to other insects with similar body shapes, where...

Geographic Colour Forms

European hornets worldwide are found with geographic colour forms ^{[1] [2]}: In botanical nomenclature, a form (forma) is a taxon at a rank below that of variety: it is an infraspecific taxon. ...

• Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
• Vespa crabro vexator Harris, 1776
• Vespa crabro germana Christ, 1791
• Vespa crabro crabroniformis Smith, 1852
• Vespa crabro borealis Radoszkowski, 1863
• Vespa crabro oberthuri du Buysson, 1902
• Vespa crabro flavofasciata Cameron, 1903
• Vespa crabro altaica Pérez, 1910
• Vespa crabro caspica Pérez, 1910
• Vespa crabro chinensis Birula, 1925

Relationship with humans

Also see hornet#Relationship with humans.

For the insect known colloquially in America as a hornet see Bald-faced hornet, and similarly for the Australian hornet, also see European hornet Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps, reaching up to 45 millimetres (1. ...

Stings

Also see hornet#Stings.

For the insect known colloquially in America as a hornet see Bald-faced hornet, and similarly for the Australian hornet, also see European hornet Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps, reaching up to 45 millimetres (1. ...

Group

Hornets belong to the order or group Hymenoptera. This article is about the insect. ... Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Many families, see article Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of Insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ...

Notes

1. ^ V. Dubatolov, J. Kojima, J. M. Carpenter, A. Lvovsky (2003). "Subspecies of Vespa crabro in two different papers by Birula in 1925.". Entomological Science 6 (2003): 215-216.
2. ^ J.M. Carpenter, J. Kojima (1997). "Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae).". Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University 1 (1997): 51-92.

Also See

• Characteristics of common wasps and bees

While easily confusable at a distance or without close observation, there are many different characteristics of bees and wasps which can be used to identify them. ...

External links

• European hornet protection site (in English, also available in French, German, Russian, Spanish and Swedish)