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Vespa velutina nigrithorax
Hornet about 1 inch long, black with one large band of yellow on the abdomen, and yellow tibias.
In my garden.
I never saw this kind of hornet before, neither did I find it in any of my books on European insects. The reason is simple, it is in fact an asian species, introduced in France since 2004 or before.
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