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Name Of Hornet

Name Hornet
Male Name male
Femle Name female
Kids/Baby Name larva
Group Name nest
More About Hornet

  • Hornets are the largest of the wasp family (the queens reach a size of 35 mm) and are usually quite fat and round - unlike the yellowjacket.
  • The only true hornet found in the United States is the European hornet
  • Hornets can actually be seen to slowly crawl backwards and eventually flee, rather than attacking, when they are approached.
  • The Giant European hornet can be found in both forests and populated areas.
  • The adults eat other insects and nectar of plants.
  • The larva eat prechewed insects feed to them by the adults.
  • Just a handful of Japanese Giant Hornets can kill 40 European honeybees a minute or 30,000 within hour.
  • The nest is founded in spring by a fertilized female, known as the queen.
  • She generally selects sheltered places like hollow tree trunks.
  • She builds a first series of cells (up to 50) out of chewed tree bark. An egg is then laid in each cell. After 5-8 days it hatches, and in the next two weeks the larva undergoes its five stages. During this time the queen feeds it a protein-rich diet of insects. Then the larva spins a silk cap over the cell's opening, and during the next two weeks transforms into an adult. Then the adult eats her way through the silk cap.
  • This first generation of workers, invariably females, will now gradually undertake all the tasks that were formerly carried out by the queen (foraging, nest building, taking care of the brood, etc) with one exception: egg-laying, which remains done exclusively by the queen.
  • Hornets are not harmless, however.
  • They have a painful sting and can cause anaphylactic shock to persons with an allergy to wasp venom, a condition which can be fatal.
  • While not aggressive when encountered far from the nest, workers will vigorously defend the nest if provoked.


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