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European hornet This is a different hornet than in my previous upload, This one also has a lot of scars on the eyes from all the air battles.<br /> For these pictures i smeared a very rotten apple on a concrete table. And you don&#039;t have to wait long before the wasps dig in, until a hornet shows up, when it does all the other wasps and insects are gone leaving only the hornet to photograph. European Hornet,Geotagged,Netherlands,Summer,Vespa crabro Click/tap to enlarge

European hornet

This is a different hornet than in my previous upload, This one also has a lot of scars on the eyes from all the air battles.
For these pictures i smeared a very rotten apple on a concrete table. And you don't have to wait long before the wasps dig in, until a hornet shows up, when it does all the other wasps and insects are gone leaving only the hornet to photograph.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
    Lion
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    Awesome photo, as always :) Thanks for sharing the tactics in photographing it. Do you think the scars impact their vision by much? Quite a specialist question, I know :)

    PS: please don't forget to set the country in which you photographed it.     Posted 9 years ago
    1. View JHoppenbrouwers's profile
      JHoppenbrouwers
      Grizzly Bear
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      Thanks for the comment! I really don't think they suffer from the scars, They all have it and i have photographed some with much bigger scars. But all of them take down other insects with great precision, i can spend hours in the orchard just looking at the hornets taking down and fighting other wasps and insects (and hoping they take my rotten apple bait). Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
        Lion
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        Cool. You must also like robber flies then, vicious flying predatory machines. Posted 9 years ago
        1. View JHoppenbrouwers's profile
          JHoppenbrouwers
          Grizzly Bear
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          Yea i really do! I got a lot of pictures. But a hornet is the ultimate killer machine! Robber flies are often easy to photograph late in the day. Sometimes you can even push them a bit to get a better composition. With a hornet that isn't gonna happen. Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago

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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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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
Species identified by JHoppenbrouwers
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By JHoppenbrouwers

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Uploaded Apr 7, 2016. Captured Sep 18, 2014 10:21 in Gastelsedijk Zuid 11, 4751 VG Oud Gastel, Netherlands.
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  • NIKON D7100
  • f/1.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO250
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.