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European Hornet (Vespa crabro) - Vespa crabro - female

European Hornet (Vespa crabro) - Vespa crabro - Female
Jasper, GA County, Georgia, USA
April 10, 2023
European Hornet Queen (Vespa crabro)
This is the earliest I have ever encountered one of these, thought I would share it.
The photo isn't amazing but hopefully it's good enough.

As a courtesy to other site visitors...
...please be sure to crop your pics so the bug fills the frame, as requested on the submission form. Only you and the editors/experts have the ability to click on the image and see the full size version. Everyone else is stuck looking at a little bug in a lot of unnecessary background. :)

You can click on "edit" and simply upload a cropped version. It will replace the current image.

Thanks!

 
Sorry about that I didn't kno
Sorry about that I didn't know I had to crop it so much :)

 
Looks good. :)
Thanks!

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