Colin Varndell / Hornet (Vespa crabro) drinking at bird bath. Dorset, UK, July.
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Dietmar Nill / European hornet (Vespa crabro) fanning nest with wings to regulate the temperature, Germany, September.
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Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker in flight, Surrey, England, August.
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Kim Taylor / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) queen approaching nest. Surrey, England, May
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Daniel Heuclin / Male Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) France, November 2011
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen Hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on Knotweed flower (Persicaria bistorta "superba") in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.
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Ernie Janes / Close up of tail sting of Hornet (Vespa crabro) UK
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Kim Taylor / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers feeding on Cotoneaster sap from a wound that they have created by chewing away the bark. Surrey, UK, September.
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Alex Hyde / European hornet (Vespa crabro) head close up showing the three ocelli between the two compound eyes.
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Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker flying with middle and hind legs extended ready to attack and sting an intruder threatening the nest, Surrey, England
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Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker flying with middle and hind legs extended ready to attack and sting an intruder threatening the nest, Surrey, England
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Michael Durham / Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying, western Oregon
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Kim Taylor / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) head of queen showing eyes and ocelli. Surrey, UK
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Kim Taylor / Male Hornet {Vespa crabro} flying to over ripe apple, Dorset, England.
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Kim Taylor / Hornet {Vespa crabro} flying, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Hornet (Vespa crabro) worker feeding on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) UK.
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Heather Angel / Hornet (Vespa crabro) nectaring on Ivy (Hedera helix), pollen transferred to hairy legs and hairs on underside of head, thorax and abdomen. In woodland, Surrey, England, UK. October.
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Heather Angel / Hornet raiding Wasp brood on nest attached to bamboo stem. Wasps moving to top of nest. Shunan Zhuhai National Park, Sichuan Province, China.
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Colin Varndell / Hornet (Vespa crabro) drinking at bird bath. Dorset, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Hornet (Vespa crabro) hanging by one leg whilst dis-membering prey, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, July
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Robin Chittenden / Oriental Hornet (Vespa orientalis) Zakynthos, Greece
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Robin Chittenden / Oriental Hornet (Vespa orientalis) with another smaller wasp (Vespula sp) and ants feeding on discarded food, Zakynthos, Greece
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Ernie Janes / Hornet (Vespa crabro) close up of head.
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Ernie Janes / Hornet (Vespa crabro) close up of head
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Bernard Castelein / Hornet (Vespa crabo) feeding on rotten fruit,, Brasschaat, Belgium. August
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Rod Williams / Hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on ivy blossom, Brockley Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. September.
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Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) female, wasp-mimic feeding on creeping thistle, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, July.
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Rod Williams / Hornet-mimic hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) feeding on cow parsley Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. July.
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Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) male feeding on creeping thistle Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, July.
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Rod Williams / Wasp-mimic hoverfly (Volucella inanis) feeding on buddleia Lewisham, London, England, UK, August.
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Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) female, wasp mimic, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK. August.
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Nick Upton / Lesser hornet hoverfly (Volucella inanis) portrait, sunning on vegetation, Wiltshire, UK, August.
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Nick Upton / Lesser hornet hoverfly (Volucella inanis) feeding on a Wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare) flowerhead with its long proboscis, Wiltshire, UK, August.
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Will Watson / Male European Hornet, (Vespa crabro), on Japanese Aralia/False Castor Oil Plant (Fatsia japonica) garden, Herefordshire Plateau, England.
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Dave Bevan / European hornet (Vespa crabro) on Common ivy (Hedera helix) flowers, Norfolk, England, UK, October.
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Dave Bevan / Two European hornets (Vespa crabro) on Common ivy (Hedera helix) flowers, Norfolk, England, UK, October.
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Stephen Dalton / Hornet (Vespa) feeding on sap, Rookery Wood, Sussex, England, UK, September.
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Rod Williams / Hornet-mimic hoverfly (Volucella inanis) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, August.
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Rod Williams / Hornet-mimic hoverfly (Volucella inanis) female, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, August.
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Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker feeding on Victoria plum. Surrey, England, August.
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Kim Taylor / Hornet hover fly (Volucella zonaria) feeding on Dwarf elder flowers (Sambucus ebulus) Bulgaria, July.
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Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker in flight, Surrey, England, August.
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Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker in flight carrying debris from the nest. Surrey, England, August.
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Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker in flight, Surrey, England, August.
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Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker in flight carrying masticated insect material to the nest. Surrey, England, August.
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Dietmar Nill / European hornet (Vespa crabro) building nest, Germany, September.
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Dietmar Nill / European hornet (Vespa crabro) building nest, Germany, September.
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Dietmar Nill / European hornets (Vespa crabro) fanning nest with wings to regulate the temperature, Germany, September.
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Nick Upton / Wide shot of Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers emerging from their nest in a hollow tree trunk as others arrive and enter, Lower woods, Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England, UK, October.
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers emerging from their nest in a hollow tree trunk, with one stopping to fan its wings in the entrance to ventilate the nest, Lower Woods Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust rese...
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Nick Upton / Four Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers flying back to their nest in a hollow tree trunk and another emerging, Lower Woods Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve, Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England, UK, Oct...
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers arriving back at their nest in a hollow tree trunk, with others emerging and one clearing debris from inside, Lower Woods Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve, Wickwar,...
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers arriving back at and entering their nest was others emerge and fly past, Lower Woods Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve, Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England, UK, Octob...
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Nick Upton / Two Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers arriving back at and entering their nest in a hollow tree trunk, Lower Woods Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve, Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England, UK, October.
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Nick Upton / Harvestman (Opiliones) walking past the entrance to a European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest just before workers emerge, Lower woods Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve, Wickwar, Gloucestershire, Engl...
Nick Upton / Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis) male perched on a stick scanning for prey, Picos de Europa mountains, Asturias, Spain, August.
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Kim Taylor / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers drinking sap from a wound they have created on a Cotoneaster branch. Surrey, England, UK, September.
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Kim Taylor / Splendorous hornet moth (Euchromia folletii). Gambia, Africa
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Andy Sands / Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis) on dung, the larvae feed on dung beetle larvae, Surrey, England, UK, August - UK BAP Biodiversity Action Plan Species
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Andy Sands / Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis) Perched in Silver Birch tree, Surrey, England, UK, August - UK BAP Biodiversity Action Plan Species
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Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) female, a wasp mimic, feeding on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK August
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Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) a Bumble Bee mimic, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK July
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Doug Wechsler / Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) worker feeding at alcohol flux - fermented sap- on white oak trunk (Quercus) Fort Washington State Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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Doug Wechsler / Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) worker feeding at alcohol flux - fermented sap- on white oak trunk (Quercus) Fort Washington State Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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Doug Wechsler / Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) worker feeding at alcohol flux - fermented sap- on white oak trunk (Quercus) Fort Washington State Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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Kim Taylor / RF- European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker in flight, Surrey, England, August.
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John Abbott / European hornet (Vespa crabro germana), Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA September
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John Abbott / European hornet (Vespa crabro germana) on white background, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA September
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John Abbott / European hornet (Vespa crabro germana) on white background, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA September
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John Abbott / European hornet (Vespa crabro germana) flying, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Controlled conditions. September
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David Kjaer / Hornet (Vespa crabro) Wiltshire, UK
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David Kjaer / Hornet (Vespa crabro) front portrait, Wiltshire, UK
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Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) feeding on Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Hornet hoverfly / Banded hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) feeding on Japanese mock orange flowers (Pittosporum tobira), Lesbos/ Lesvos, Greece, May.
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Nick Upton / Hornet hoverfly / Banded hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) feeding on Japanese mock orange flowers (Pittosporum tobira), Lesbos/ Lesvos, Greece, May.
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Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) female feeding on Thistle (Cirsium sp) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, UK August
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Pascal Pittorino / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix) in a garden, Var, France, October
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Pascal Pittorino / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix) in a garden, Toulon, Var, France, October
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), Maine-et-Loire, France, November, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), Maine-et-Loire, France, November, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), Maine-et-Loire, France, November, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), Maine-et-Loire, France, November, meetyourneighbours.net project
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Cyril Ruoso / Asian predatory wasp (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) people destroying and removing the nest, invasive species, Nantes, France, September 2015
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Cyril Ruoso / Asian Predatory Wasp (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) an invasive species, in flight, hunting bees, Nantes, France
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Cyril Ruoso / Asian predatory wasp (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) in flight, invasive species, Nantes, France, September.
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Cyril Ruoso / Asian predatory wasp (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) people destroying and removing the nest, invasive species, Nantes, France, September 2015
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Rod Williams / Male Hornet-mimic hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) on leaf, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, July.
