Asian giant hornet

phylum	Arthropoda	The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), including the subspecies Japanese giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia japonica), colloquially known as the yak-killer hornet, is the world's largest hornet, native to temperate and tropical Eastern Asia. They prefer to live in low mountains and forests while almost completely avoiding plains and high altitude climates. V. mandarinia creates nests by digging, co-opting pre-existing tunnels dug by rodents, or occupying spaces near rotted pine roots. It feeds primarily on larger insects and honey from honey bee colonies. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Wasps
Class	Insecta
order	Hymenoptera
Suborder	Apocrita
family	Vespidae
genus	Vespa
species	V. mandarinia

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