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Is this a hornet?

Wearb · 2017-08-13 11:16:13

I took this pic about 30 min ago. It was about 2" long and flew with a whirring sound rather than a buzz. I looked up the European Hornet and this seems larger that the description for the European hornet. Any ideas?

13-08-2017 11:16am

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I took this pic about 30 min ago. It was about 2" long and flew with a whirring sound rather than a buzz. I looked up the European Hornet and this seems larger that the description for the European hornet. Any ideas?

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#2 13-08-2017 11:23am

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It's a perfectly harmless Wood Wasp.

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#3 13-08-2017 11:24am

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I've been looking into hornets and bees a lot lately and there has been a few cases of suspected giant Japanese hornet sightings in Europe lately, including Ireland. I don't know for sure if that's what you have here, but I'd be interested to know myself

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#4 13-08-2017 11:41am

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Wanderer78 wrote: »

I've been looking into hornets and bees a lot lately and there has been a few cases of suspected giant Japanese hornet sightings in Europe lately, including Ireland. I don't know for sure if that's what you have here, but I'd be interested to know myself

This picture is clearly a Giant Wood Wasp.

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#5 13-08-2017 11:56am

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Thanks for the fast responses. I don't think I ever saw one before.

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