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European Hornet (Vespa crabro)
Photo#27326
Copyright © 2005
Matthew Roth
European Hornet -
Vespa crabro
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 6, 2005
Found dead, laying on a flower. I belive this is a European Hornet. Can anyone comfirm?
Contributed by
Matthew Roth
on 7 August, 2005 - 7:19pm