Kim Taylor / Hornet (Vespa crabro) worker, UK. Captive.
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Kim Taylor / Hornet workers flying towards nest. UK Digital Composite. {Vespa crabro}
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Kim Taylor / Hornet (Vespa crabro) worker in flight. England. Digital composite
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Kim Taylor / Hornet workers in flight, approaching and leaving the nest. UK. Digital composite.
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Kim Taylor / Hornet (Vespa crabro) worker in flight. England. Digital composite
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David Shale / Hornets at nest entrance {Vespa crabro} Dorset, UK
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David Shale / Hand swollen due to sting by Hornet {Vespa crabro} Dorset, UK
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David Shale / Hand (right) swollen due to sting from Hornet {Vespa crabro} next to normal hand
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Philippe Clement / Hornet {Vespa crabro} Belgium
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Solvin Zankl / Hornet at nest {Vespa crabro} Germany
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Dietmar Nill / Four Hornets in flight, Germany
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David Shale / Hornet at nest entrance {Vespa crabro} Dorset, UK
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) nest being poisoned, Europe
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) flying, Europe
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) worker feeding larvae, Europe
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) worker building nest, Europe
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Premaphotos / Hornet (Vespa crabro vexator) worker, which has just caught a Honey bee {Apis mellifera}, a common prey of the Hornet, UK
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Roman Willi / European hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on nectar from Arborescent ivy (Hedera helix arborescens) flower, Lucerne, Switzerland, September.
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Roman Willi / European hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on nectar from Arborescent ivy (Hedera helix arborescens) flower, Lucerne, Switzerland, September.
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Jussi Murtosaari / European hornet (Vespa crabro) resting on plant stem, feeding on Golden-bloomed grey longhorn (Agapanthia villosoviridescens) prey, Lappeenranta, Finland. July.
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Alex Hyde / European hornet (Vespa crabro) ocellus (simple eye) detail, Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, UK. November. x70 life size when printed at 10cm across. Focus stacked.
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Alex Hyde / European hornet (Vespa crabro) compound eye detail. The individual hexagonal ommatidia can be seen, tessellated to make up the curved surface of the compund eye. Each ommatidium consists of a photorec...
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Roman Willi / European hornet (Vespa crabro) nectaring on flower, Lucerne, Switzerland. October.
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Hermann Brehm / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) perched on branch vocalising at attacking Hornets (Vespa crabro) Germany. August.
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Doug Wechsler / European hornets (Vespa crabro) congregating at entrance to nest in hollow tree, Merion Botanical Park, Pennsylvania, USA. September.
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Doug Wechsler / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker fanning wings to cool nest in hollow tree, Merion Botanical Park, Pennsylvania, USA. September.
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Doug Wechsler / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker fanning wings to cool nest in hollow tree, Merion Botanical Park, Pennsylvania, USA. September.
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Doug Wechsler / European hornets (Vespa crabro) congregating at entrance to nest in hollow tree, Merion Botanical Park, Pennsylvania, USA. September.
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Roland Seitre / An active European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / An active European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / European hornet (Vespa crabro) larvae in nesting tunnels, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Adult European hornets (Vespa crabro) tending larvae, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / An emerging adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) surrounded by late stage pupae, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / An emerging adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) surrounded by late stage pupaes, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Section showing two pupae of the European hornet (Vespa crabro), near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on Lavender flowers (Lavandula angustifolia), near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / European hornet (Vespa crabro) adults consuming a pupa, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / An active European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest with adults and pupae, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest in a barn, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / An exterminator gas poisoning a European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest in a barn, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / An adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker at the nest, working and making paper from cellulose, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / An adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker at the nest, working and making paper from cellulose, starting a new level of honeycomb, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Dead European hornet (Vespa crabro) next to sting mark on human skin, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Human skin after being stung by a European hornet (Vespa crabro), near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) consuming larva, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / European hornet (Vespa crabro) larvae in nesting tunnels, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / An active European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest, adults and pupae, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) after hatching, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) tending larvae, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Adult European hornets (Vespa crabro) tending to larvae, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / European hornet (Vespa crabro) trophallaxy: inter-individual feeding, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / An active European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / An active European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) after hatching, hiding in a nest cell, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Emerging head of an adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) from the nesting tunnels, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / European hornet (Vespa crabro) eggs, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / European hornet (Vespa crabro) eggs, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro) hatching and emerging, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro) hatching and emerging, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro) hatching and emerging, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / European hornet (Vespa crabro) larva, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Different life stages of the European hornet (Vespa crabro),near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Different life stages of the European hornet (Vespa crabro), near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Emerging adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) surrounded by late stage pupae, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Cut through section in nest of European hornet (Vespa crabro) showing pupae, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on Lavender flower (Lavandula angustifolia), near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on an apple (Malus domestica), near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A flying adult European hornet (Vespa crabro), near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / Adult European hornet (Vespa crabro) consuming a pupa, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker at the nest, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro) at the end of its life, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro) at the end of its life, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A male European hornet (Vespa crabro), near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A male European hornet (Vespa crabro), near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro) queen, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro), on lilac wood (Syringa sp.), sucking up the sap, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro), on lilac wood (Syringa sp.), sucking up the sap, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro), on lilac wood (Syringa sp.), sucking up the sap, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / A European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker at nest working and making paper from cellulose, near Tour, Central France.
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) dead adult and stinger, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) flying, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers feeding insect parts to pupa, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) group tending to brood cells, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) group tending brood, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) pair building nest, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) group on nest, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) group tending brood cells, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) group tending to brood cells, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) group on nest, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) consuming pupae, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) pupa at different growth stages in brood cells, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) pupae in brood cells, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) pupae in brood cells, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) pupae in brood cells, France
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Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) pupa in brood cell, France