🐝European hornet
Le frelon européen ou frelon (Vespa crabro) est une espèce d'hyménoptères eusociaux de la famille des Vespidés ressemblant à une guêpe commune mais de taille deux fois plus importante ; il s'agit de la plus grosse des espèces de guêpes européennes. On l'appelle aussi cul jaune dans l'Est de la France, beurgot (burgaud en occitan) dans le Sud-Ouest de la France, talène en Suisse, bombe ou cabridan en Provence, calavrone en Corse, lombarde en Bresse et en Lyonnais et arcier ou guichard dans la Nièvre et le Morvan.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Vespa crabro yet.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderHymenoptera
- ›familyVespidae
- ›genusVespa
- ›speciesVespa crabro
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- subfamilyVespinae
- genusVespa
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- superfamilyVespoidea
- familyVespidae
- subfamilyVespinae
- genusVespa
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