GIANT JAPANESE HORNET
Giant Japanese hornet Japanese Hornet Japanese honeybee workers forming a defensive ball around a giant Japanese hornet.
scientific name : Vespa mandarinia japonica
Scientific classification:
kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : lnsecta
Order : Hymenoptera
Family : Vespidae
Genus : Vespa
Species: Vespa Mandarinia
what does it look like ?The giant Japanese hornet is a insect The adult can be more than 4cm long with a wingspan of greater than 6cm. lt has a large yellow head with large eyes, a dark brown thorax and an abdomen banded in brown and yellow . Three small simple eyes on the top of the head can be easily seen between the large compound eyes . Where does it live? This subspecies of the Asian hornet is found on the Japanese islands , They prefer forested areas where they make their nests in tree holes.
Giant Japanese Hornet A worker perched no an index finger to give an idea of scale. the queen are larger than workers . drones are similar of female.
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