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Diptera.info :: Hornet or a wasp? (Cyprus)
Posted by
rob1619
on 03-12-2008 14:19
#1
Took some pics of this Hornet i belive it is in my garden today.He was flying around some flowers where there was some bees around aswell.
Is it a Hornet or a wasp?
Many thanks.
Robert
Posted by
mwkozlowski
on 03-12-2008 15:21
#2
neither a hornet nor atypical yellowjacket wasp, looks like a bee wolf Philantus
Posted by
Philippe moniotte
on 03-12-2008 18:21
#3
I'll second that , it is a Philanthus sp, possibly triangulum, which is rather variable in color. If t did hunt honey bees, it IS triangulum....
Philippe
