BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Vespa crabro Linnaeus (The Hornet)
| Diagnostic features | Distinguished from the similar-looking Dolichovespula queens by the stripes on the thorax being reddish brown rather than black. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vespa crabro | Imago | 31 July 2005 | Berks | England | 4 |
| Vespa crabro | Imago | 30 May 2005 | Berks | England | 7 |
| Vespa crabro | 16 October 2004 | North Hampshire | England | 5 | |
| Vespa crabro | Female imago | 15 June 2002 | Berks | England | 2 |
| Vespa crabro | Female imago | 2 April 2000 | Berks | England | 4 |
Suggested Literature
Vespa crabro may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Vespa crabro is associated with:
There may be taxa associated with Vespa crabro listed at higher taxonomic level
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HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Associated with Vespa crabro:
| nest | nest may house larva | Potamia littoralis - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) | d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 | ||
| nest | nest may house puparium | Brachicoma devia - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) | van Emden, F.I., 1954 | ||
| prepupa | prepupa is predated by larva | Brachicoma devia - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) | van Emden, F.I., 1954 | ||
| soil near nest | soil near nest may house puparium | Brachicoma devia - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) | van Emden, F.I., 1954 |
Vespa crabro may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants) |
VESPIDAE (wasps) |
References
| d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 | Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae |
| van Emden, F.I., 1954 | Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae |
