Is this a hornet?

[kschachn]

Apparently only the females have stingers, and the males are totally harmless, but are still huge and will buzz around rather agressivly if you're around their hole.

True. But when the males come towards you, they are really just trying to find out if you’re a female wasp. They come right up to you to check you out but once they figure out you’re not, they’ll go away.

Or so I’m told.

 

[02SE]

Another Hornet

Image from here: https://www.motorrad-box.de/en/motorcycle-model-honda-cb1000-hornet-sp-12713-2025

 

[hemioiler]

Looks like a "yellow jacket" to me. I tend to hunt these guys down as they build huge nests and are very agressive.

 

[HemiBenny]

Look at the markings on the abdomen and the colors. It’s a European Hornet.

Here’s a photo of an Asian Hornet.

 

[Big E]

Looks like the big bastard flying around my garage last week. Much larger than any Euro Wasp I have ever seen. Possibly a queen looking for a nesting spot.

I engaged with agressive AA fire in the form of soapy water in a spray bottle and was able to knock it down.

 

[robbobster]

It’s a European Hornet.

Here’s a photo of an Asian Hornet.

What is the airspeed of a…

 

[xspeedy]

Google Lens says European Hornet.

 

[grasscutter]

 

[Vercingetorix]

Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.

 

[OilStained]

1950’s

 

[spasm3]

Looks like a European hornet.

This is an American hornet.

EDIT: Looks like @y_p_w beat me to it.

 

[wavinwayne]

Definitely a Euro Hornet. Protocol is to treat the affected area liberally with Thermite and leave.

 

[doitmyself]

1966 hornet

 

[kschachn]

I engaged with agressive AA fire in the form of soapy water in a spray bottle and was able to knock it down.

A flame thrower would have been better.

 

[kschachn]

Definitely a Euro Hornet. Protocol is to treat the affected area liberally with Thermite and leave.

Precisely. Light the fuse and don’t look back.

 

[Pterostylis]

Can’t believe no one has mentioned these hornets.

 

[spackard]

Compare size to a Buick Park Avnue.

 

[loneryder]

I just had a battle with the biggest **** hornet in the basement. I heard a buzz at my desk. Thought it might have been outside. Then it started to fly.

I don't do well with insects.

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European hornet. They fly even at night towards your porch light. You have to find the nest and kill them all to get rid of them. My attic had a huge nest in it. Exterminator couldn’t get to it from the attic. Finally cut the ceiling drywall to get at them. Their sting really hurts.

 

[loneryder]

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That’s an American hornet.

 

[loneryder]

Here is what came out of my stairwell.
ceiling.