Vespa tropica

Greater Banded Hornet
adult
Nest
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Genus:	Vespa
Species:	V. tropica
Binomial name
Vespa tropica Linnaeus, 1758

Vespa tropica, the Greater Banded Hornet, is a tropical species of hornet found in Southeast Asia, and commonly found in west Africa, from Afghanistan to New Guinea. It is medium in size; the worker's length is of about 25 mm. The head is dark brown/red; the abdomen is black with a large yellow stripe. Predation by V. tropica is one of the foremost causes of colony failure in Polistes chinensis in Japan. V. tropica may play a significant role in controlling Asian polistene populations.

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