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Date: | Tue, 28 May 1996 17:22:24 -0500 |
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>Hi Folks,
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> I found an interesting but ominous looking insect around some empty
>frames the other day. I saw the same insects last year in a hive that died
>of mites. It is rather large, burgundy with yellow stripes over the
>abdomen. It makes the bald faced hornet look wimpy. I would not want to
>be stung by this wasp(?). Does anyone have the correct species name and
>common name. Thanks Ron H.
> Cambridge Springs Pa.
> USA
Sounds like _Vespa crabro_, the European Hornet. Not necessarily a good
thing to have around one's hives.
Doug Yanega Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA phone (217) 244-6817, fax (217) 333-4949
affiliate, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dept. of Entomology
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu:80/~dyanega/my_home.html
"There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82
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