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Lesser banded hornet

Vespa affinis

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Lesser Banded Hornet
Vespa affinis Vespa affinis - Lesser banded hornet | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


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7 Comments

MarcoSelis
MarcoSelis 10 years ago

This is Vespa tropica. In Vespa affinis is orange the first tergum too.

manuelariasarias77
manuelariasarias77 10 years ago

Beautiful!

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Excellent spotting.

Carol Snow Milne
Carol Snow Milne 10 years ago

WOW! What a unique spot! Very cool!

KarinSaner
KarinSaner 10 years ago

Thank you again ;-)

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Vespidae, Vespa sp. and looks like being Vespa affinis.
http://www.hornissenschutz.de/vespa_affi...
http://www.vespidae.be/Vespinae/Vespa_af...
http://www.vespa-bicolor.net/main/vespid...

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Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

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KarinSaner
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KarinSaner

Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Jun 3, 2007
Submitted on Nov 20, 2013

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