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It was also found in the Pacific Northwest of North America in late 2019 [6] [7] with a few more additional sightings in 2020, [8] [9] and nests found in 2021, [10] [11] prompting concern that it could become an invasive species, [12] [Ala 1] but in December 2024, it was announced that the hornets had been eradicated from the region as well as ...
Sphex pensylvanicus, the great black wasp, is a species of digger wasp. [3] It lives across most of North America and grows to a size of 20–35 mm (0.8–1.4 in). The larvae feed on living insects that the females paralyze and carry to the underground nest.
The largest social wasp is the Asian giant hornet, at up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in length; among the largest solitary wasps is a group of species known as tarantula hawks, along with the giant scoliid of Indonesia (Megascolia procer).
[2] [3] Most species only occur in the tropics of Asia, though the European hornet (V. crabro) is widely distributed throughout Europe, Russia, North America, and north-eastern Asia. Wasps native to North America in the genus Dolichovespula are commonly referred to as hornets (e.g., baldfaced hornets), but all of them are actually yellowjackets.
The North American cicada-killer wasps all belong to the genus Sphecius, which has 21 species worldwide. The remaining three cicada-killing species in the genus in North America are: Sphecius convallis, the Pacific cicada killer, occurs in the western U.S. and in Mexico.
A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp (Pompilidae) that preys on tarantulas.Tarantula hawks belong to any of the many species in the genera Pepsis and Hemipepsis. They are one of the largest parasitoid wasps, using their sting to paralyze their prey before dragging it into a brood nest as living food; a single egg is laid on the prey, hatching to a larva which eats the still-living host.
Yellowjacket or yellow jacket is the common name in North America for predatory social wasps of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula.Members of these genera are known simply as "wasps" in other English-speaking countries.
The European hornet (Vespa crabro) is the largest eusocial wasp native to Europe.It is also the only true hornet (genus Vespa) found in North America, having been introduced to the United States and Canada from Europe as early as 1840.