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Photo#7304
European Hornet - Vespa crabro

European Hornet - Vespa crabro
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 20, 2004
Found at my porch light. I've seen these several times at lights through the summer, but never got a good look at one until this individual. (I was, correctly, fearful of trying to net one.)

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