European hornet
Vespa crabro
Not assessedPhoto: Accipiter (R. Altenkamp, Berlin) · CC BY 3.0
Insectinsectivore
The European hornet is a big, social wasp that builds papery nests from chewed-up plants. Originally from Europe, it now buzzes around parts of North America too. These hornets stand out because the worker wasps keep the colony in line, not just the queen.
- They construct nests from plant fibers mixed with their saliva.
- Workers enforce order in the colony by policing each other.
- First arrived in North America in the 1840s from Europe.
ForestUrbanEuropeNorth America
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Insect
- Scientific name
- Vespa crabro
- Habitat
- Forest, Urban
- Regions in this directory
- Europe, North America
- Diet
- insectivore
- Relative size
- large
