Re: Japanese hornets

A friend brought me a large hornet this week, thinking it was a "Japanese Hornet". I can find no evidence that there are any such hornets in the USA, and told her it is probably Vespa crabro L., the European or giant hornet

http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/european-hornet

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Peter L Borst

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