🐚Northern giant hornet
The Asian giant hornet, also known as the northern giant hornet, is the world's largest hornet. It is native to temperate and tropical East Asia, South Asia, mainland Southeast Asia, and parts of the Russian Far East. It was also briefly found in the Pacific Northwest of North America from late 2019 but was eradicated by December 2024.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Vespa mandarinia yet.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderHymenoptera
- ›familyVespidae
- ›genusVespa
- ›speciesVespa mandarinia
- 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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