Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
European hornets benefit from legal protection in some countries, notably Germany, where killing a European hornet or nest has been illegal since January 1, 1987, with a fine up to €50,000. [25] However, the highest reported fine levied in Germany for killing of wasps was €45, and experts report that fines are rarely imposed.
Velleius dilatatus, the hornet rove beetle, is a species of rove beetle belonging to the family Staphylinidae. This beetle is commensal with the European hornet ( Vespa crabro ), living in its nests.
A European hornet stinger under an optical microscope. Hornets have stingers used to kill prey and defend nests. Hornet stings are more painful to humans than typical wasp stings because hornet venom contains a large amount (5%) of acetylcholine. [8] [9] Individual hornets can sting repeatedly.
Their nests are usually underground though, as well as near roots of large trees. Some southern giant hornet nests are just a few centimeters underground but others are quite deep, the researchers ...
Hornets are a type of wasp, but not all wasps are hornets. These flying insects live in many climates. Their closest relative is the yellow jacket. They look so similar; they are easy to confuse.
Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports
Dolichovespula maculata is a species of wasp in the genus Dolichovespula and a member of the eusocial, cosmopolitan family Vespidae.It is taxonomically an aerial yellowjacket but is known by many colloquial names, primarily bald-faced hornet, but also including bald-faced aerial yellowjacket, bald-faced wasp, bald hornet, white-faced hornet, blackjacket, white-tailed hornet, spruce wasp, and ...
The U.S. has dodged a hornet. Vespa mandarinia, the venomous decapitator of honeybees, was staved off “just in the nick of time,” Sven Spichiger, managing entomologist for the Washington State ...