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<tr><th align="center" bgcolor="pink">'''Bald-Faced Hornet'''</th></tr>
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<tr><td>{{Species}}:</td><td>'''''crabro'''''</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="center">'''''Vespula maculata<br><small>first described by ]</small><br>
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The '''European hornet''' ''Vespa crabro'' is the largest European ]. The female ] measures 25 to 35 mm long, males and workers are smaller. In males, the antennae have 13 segments, while females have 12. The male ] is composed of 7 visible segments, while that of the female has 6; females are equipped with an ]. The '''European hornet''' ''Vespa crabro'' is the largest European ]. The female ] measures 25 to 35 mm long, males and workers are smaller. In males, the antennae have 13 segments, while females have 12. The male ] is composed of 7 visible segments, while that of the female has 6; females are equipped with an ].


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Bald-Faced Hornet
No photo available
Scientific classification
Template:Regnum:Animalia
Template:Phylum:Arthropoda
Template:Classis:Insecta
Template:Ordo:Hymenoptera
Template:Subordo:Apocrita
Template:Superfamilia:Vespoidea
Template:Familia:Vespidae
Template:Subfamilia:Vespinae
Template:Genus:Vespa
]:crabro
Binomial name
Vespula maculata
first described by Linnaeus

The European hornet Vespa crabro is the largest European wasp. The female 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.

Eyes are deeply indented, shaped like a C.

Wings are reddish-orange, the petiolated abdomen is orange striped with brown.

There are several geographic color forms of the Hornet found worldwide:

  1. Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Vespa crabro vexator Harris, 1776
  3. Vespa crabro germana Christ, 1791
  4. Vespa crabro crabroniformis Smith, 1852
  5. Vespa crabro borealis Radoszkowski, 1863
  6. Vespa crabro oberthuri du Buysson, 1902
  7. Vespa crabro flavofasciata Cameron, 1903
  8. Vespa crabro altaica Pérez, 1910
  9. Vespa crabro caspica Pérez, 1910
  10. Vespa crabro chinensis Birula, 1925

Hornets belong to the order or group Hymenoptera.


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