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A huge hornet, which I spotted in my short stay in Belgium. He/she was killed by a brutal act, though I cared more about the hornet...which was unfortunately dead. The size was enormous for what I was used to see. To illustrate; I put her corpse next to a 5 cent coin. Pretty rare in my homecountry.
Spotted on Apr 20, 2011
Submitted on Jul 20, 2011
3 Comments
hmm, I´d say it is an european hornet - Vespa crabro... though Wiki says that the european hornet isn´t that hairy, the asian one is more hairy oh head and thorax and on the abdomen as well
Do these spread over Europe?
Looks like a Japanese Giant Hornet
Vespa mandarinia