Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
(Hornet)

Interactions where Vespa crabro is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
prepupa is predated by larva Brachicoma devia a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Brachicoma devia/Brachicoma deviaa flesh flylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespa crabro/Vespa crabrohornetprepupa larva is predator of prepupa
nest accommodates puparium Brachicoma devia a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Brachicoma devia/Brachicoma deviaa flesh flypuparium Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespa crabro/Vespa crabrohornetnest puparium rests inside nest
soil near nest accommodates puparium Brachicoma devia a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Brachicoma devia/Brachicoma deviaa flesh flypuparium Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespa crabro/Vespa crabrohornetsoil near nest puparium rests inside soil near nest
nest nest accommodates larva Potamia littoralis a muscid fly Diptera: Muscidae Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Potamia littoralis/Potamia littoralisa muscid flylarva Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespa crabro/Vespa crabrohornetnest larva rests inside nest

Author & YearTitleSource
Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) MuscidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(b), 119pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Vespa crabro (Hornet) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Vespa crabro (Hornet) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVespa crabro (Hornet)
GenusVespa (a genus of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyVESPINAE (wasps)
FamilyVESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vespa crabro (Hornet)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bequaert, J. 1931 The Color Forms of the Common Hornet, Vespa crabro Linnaeus Konowia Vol 10: 101-109.
Philip, A. & Roberts, S. 2010 Information Sheet 8: Hornet (Vespa crabro)

Vespa crabro (Hornet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Archer, M.E. 1993 The life history and colonial characteristics of the Hornet, Vespa crabro L. (Hym., Vespinae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 129: 151-163.
Archer, M.E. 1985 Secondary nests of the Hornet, Vespa crabro (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) produce queens Proc. Trans. Br. Ent. Nat. Hist. Soc. Vol 18: 35-36.
Bunn, D.S. 1982 Usurpation in wasps (Hym., Vespidae) Ent. Mon. Mag.: 171-173.
Dubatolov, v. et al 2003 Subspecies of Vespa crabro in two different papers by Birula in 1925 Entomological Science Vol 6: 215-216.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Vespa crabro (Hornet):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 48 images of Vespa crabro (Hornet)

Distinguished from the similar-looking Dolichovespula queens by the stripes on the thorax being reddish brown rather than black.

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