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European Hornet - frontal, Heesch, Netherlands An impressively sized insect. This is basically our pet hornet. It is nesting right above our office window in a gap between bricks. All day long it&#039;s making trips from the nest to the roof of one of our bird feeders. The roof consists of soft rotten reed which the hornet collects for nest building. I just generally let it be. On this day I was lucky to find it in a calm and approachable mood.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162317/european_hornet_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html" title="European Hornet - side view, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/162317_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=bUt6%2ByzGBJ3K7gyD8P9TP7UPINA%3D" width="200" height="140" alt="European Hornet - side view, Heesch, Netherlands An impressively sized insect. This is basically our pet hornet. It is nesting right above our office window in a gap between bricks. All day long it&#039;s making trips from the nest to the roof of one of our bird feeders. The roof consists of soft rotten reed which the hornet collects for nest building. I just generally let it be. On this day I was lucky to find it in a calm and approachable mood.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162317/european_hornet_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162315/european_hornet_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162316/european_hornet_-_frontal_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162318/european_hornet_-_overview_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XecW1ZX5nM European Hornet,Heesch,Netherlands,Vespa crabro" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162315/european_hornet_heesch_netherlands.html" title="European Hornet, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/162315_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Uo2R%2BvoQyGSnxWD9gqKltI%2Fh8YM%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="European Hornet, Heesch, Netherlands An impressively sized insect. This is basically our pet hornet. It is nesting right above our office window in a gap between bricks. All day long it&#039;s making trips from the nest to the roof of one of our bird feeders. The roof consists of soft rotten reed which the hornet collects for nest building. I just generally let it be. On this day I was lucky to find it in a calm and approachable mood.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162317/european_hornet_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162315/european_hornet_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162316/european_hornet_-_frontal_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162318/european_hornet_-_overview_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XecW1ZX5nM European Hornet,Heesch,Netherlands,Vespa crabro" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162316/european_hornet_-_frontal_heesch_netherlands.html" title="European Hornet - frontal, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/162316_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=d75mdWttyR%2FSwYlJdBIabAFvA0o%3D" width="200" height="200" alt="European Hornet - frontal, Heesch, Netherlands An impressively sized insect. This is basically our pet hornet. It is nesting right above our office window in a gap between bricks. All day long it&#039;s making trips from the nest to the roof of one of our bird feeders. The roof consists of soft rotten reed which the hornet collects for nest building. I just generally let it be. On this day I was lucky to find it in a calm and approachable mood.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162317/european_hornet_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162315/european_hornet_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162316/european_hornet_-_frontal_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162318/european_hornet_-_overview_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XecW1ZX5nM European Hornet,Heesch,Netherlands,Vespa crabro" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162318/european_hornet_-_overview_heesch_netherlands.html" title="European Hornet - overview, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/162318_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=7Yd1chDjMJTr4SPJvE%2F8at3FbBc%3D" width="200" height="160" alt="European Hornet - overview, Heesch, Netherlands An impressively sized insect. This is basically our pet hornet. It is nesting right above our office window in a gap between bricks. All day long it&#039;s making trips from the nest to the roof of one of our bird feeders. The roof consists of soft rotten reed which the hornet collects for nest building. I just generally let it be. On this day I was lucky to find it in a calm and approachable mood.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162317/european_hornet_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162315/european_hornet_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162316/european_hornet_-_frontal_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162318/european_hornet_-_overview_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XecW1ZX5nM European Hornet,Heesch,Netherlands,Vespa crabro" /></a></figure><br /> <section class="video"><iframe width="448" height="282" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9XecW1ZX5nM?hd=1&autoplay=0&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></section> European Hornet,Heesch,Netherlands,Vespa crabro Click/tap to enlarge

European Hornet - frontal, Heesch, Netherlands

An impressively sized insect. This is basically our pet hornet. It is nesting right above our office window in a gap between bricks. All day long it's making trips from the nest to the roof of one of our bird feeders. The roof consists of soft rotten reed which the hornet collects for nest building. I just generally let it be. On this day I was lucky to find it in a calm and approachable mood.

European Hornet - side view, Heesch, Netherlands An impressively sized insect. This is basically our pet hornet. It is nesting right above our office window in a gap between bricks. All day long it's making trips from the nest to the roof of one of our bird feeders. The roof consists of soft rotten reed which the hornet collects for nest building. I just generally let it be. On this day I was lucky to find it in a calm and approachable mood.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162317/european_hornet_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162315/european_hornet_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162316/european_hornet_-_frontal_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162318/european_hornet_-_overview_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XecW1ZX5nM European Hornet,Heesch,Netherlands,Vespa crabro

European Hornet, Heesch, Netherlands An impressively sized insect. This is basically our pet hornet. It is nesting right above our office window in a gap between bricks. All day long it's making trips from the nest to the roof of one of our bird feeders. The roof consists of soft rotten reed which the hornet collects for nest building. I just generally let it be. On this day I was lucky to find it in a calm and approachable mood.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162317/european_hornet_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162315/european_hornet_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162316/european_hornet_-_frontal_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162318/european_hornet_-_overview_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XecW1ZX5nM European Hornet,Heesch,Netherlands,Vespa crabro

European Hornet - frontal, Heesch, Netherlands An impressively sized insect. This is basically our pet hornet. It is nesting right above our office window in a gap between bricks. All day long it's making trips from the nest to the roof of one of our bird feeders. The roof consists of soft rotten reed which the hornet collects for nest building. I just generally let it be. On this day I was lucky to find it in a calm and approachable mood.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162317/european_hornet_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162315/european_hornet_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162316/european_hornet_-_frontal_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162318/european_hornet_-_overview_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XecW1ZX5nM European Hornet,Heesch,Netherlands,Vespa crabro

European Hornet - overview, Heesch, Netherlands An impressively sized insect. This is basically our pet hornet. It is nesting right above our office window in a gap between bricks. All day long it's making trips from the nest to the roof of one of our bird feeders. The roof consists of soft rotten reed which the hornet collects for nest building. I just generally let it be. On this day I was lucky to find it in a calm and approachable mood.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162317/european_hornet_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162315/european_hornet_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162316/european_hornet_-_frontal_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/162318/european_hornet_-_overview_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XecW1ZX5nM European Hornet,Heesch,Netherlands,Vespa crabro

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The European hornet

The European hornet is the largest eusocial wasp native to Europe. It is also the only true hornet found in North America, having been introduced to the United States and Canada from Europe as early as 1840. Vespines, such as "V. crabro", are known for making intricate paper-like nests out of surrounding plant materials and other fibers.

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Uploaded Jul 27, 2024. Captured Jul 10, 2024 15:45.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/1.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO400