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Greater Banded Hornet

Vespa tropica

Photo by sunnyjosef
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Field Notes

Description:

About 50mm long. This is a large hornet. It is raiding a colony of small Paper wasp for grubs. The owner of the nest (Ropalidia fasciata) has no defense against this thief.. It is shown in the last picture.
Another spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/645186003

Habitat:

Spotted eating grubs of Ropalidia fasciata.

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Vespa tropica

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2015 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedAugust 27, 2015

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