Hornet

Hornets are wasps of the genus Vespa, closely related to (and resembling) yellowjackets. There are about 20 hornet species.

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Wasp - name applied to many winged insects of the order Hymenoptera, which also includes ants and bees. Most wasps are carnivorous, feeding on insects, grubs, or spiders. They have biting mouthparts, and the...

Hornet
Hornets are less aggressive than many more frequently encountered wasp species.

Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata by: Bodark
IDENTIFICATION: Black with white markings on the head, thorax, and the last few segments of the abdomen ... wings smoky ... like other Vespidae, wings are folded lengthwise when at rest ...

Bald-face hornets live in large groups called colonies.
Bald-face hornets build aerial nests as big as a basketball.
Drones come from non-fertilized eggs. Since drones are males, they have no sting.

Asian Giant Hornet Classification and Evolution
The Asian Giant Hornet is the largest species of Hornet in the world with some queens reaching more than 5cm in length.

Hornets are really just big social wasps. Their paper nests are shaped like a large teardrop or football. Their nests are often built in trees, bushes or under an eave. Hornets feed mostly on other insects, such as bees.

Zebra Tilapia, Buttikoferi, Hornet Tilapia [Pictures]
Tilapia buttikoferi
SYN: Chromis buttikoferi
PD: An oval shaped fish with a black body coloring. Seven to nine yellow, transverse bands mark the body.

Fortunately the majority are of small size, and their bites are not followed by more severe effects than those from the sting of a hornet.

The nests of some social wasps, such as hornets, are first constructed by the queen and reach about the size of a walnut before sterile female workers take over construction.

Just as the expressive name reveals, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sallies from an open perch.

About the first of April, the White-eyed Flycatcher forms a nest of dry slender twigs, broken pieces of grasses, and portions of old hornets' nests, which have so great a resemblance to paper, ...

It is composed of fine smooth grasses, plant down, bark fibre and other pliable materials neatly woven together and covered exteriorly with bits of white birch bark or sometimes with paper torn from a hornet's nest.

The vespoid wasps (yellow jackets, hornets, and paper wasps) build nests of this type. In each paper-fiber nest there are one or more combs, or densely packed arrays of cells for larva.

Many bees, wasps and hornets pollinate flowers which is important in the survival of a large number of plants. Honey bees produce honey and beeswax which are used by humans.

Wasp and hornets build assorted paper nests and honey bees may build honeycombs.
Starlings use coarse grasses and feathers when available, sometimes completely filling the box.

Common Aerial Yellowjacket
Dolichovespula arenaria
Family - Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae)
Subfamily - Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) ...

Social Wasps such as Common Wasps, Paper Wasps, Yellowjackets and Hornets. Solitary Wasps such as Potter Wasps, Cicada Killer Wasps and Mud Dauber Wasps. Wasp Characteristics ...

hunting tips - the calibre
Anything from a .22 Hornet upwards is a suitable rifle and shots are usually taken from a close distance.

The sting of most species is enough to kill an insect or spider but is merely painful to humans, like a hornet's sting. Few stings are fatal, but allergic reactions can happen.

Name: Merops pusillus
Habitat: Woodlands, savannah, rivers.
Distribution: Common all over Southern Africa.
Diet: Flying insects especially bees, wasps and hornets.

They roost in bird boxes, abandoned hornet nests, hanging plants, garages, barns, old nests, and other shelters. A weak flyer, this wren makes brief, quick aerial forays over short distances.

There is a possibility that some species may be depleted if commercial bee-keeping developed in Africa, as they may be seen as pests to the apiaries. Bee-eaters are known to eat hornets, beewolves and other honey-bee eating insects, so, ...

This group includes butterflies, bugs, bees, hornets, flies etc…
Although insects can be sometimes dangerous and annoying to human beings in fact we cannot imagine our lives without it.

See also: Wasp, Spider, Bee, Burro, Paper Wasp