Species group · Insects

Hornets

WAnimals has 2 species of hornet, in the family Vespidae.

2 species

1 family

60 countries

152 parks

Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.

All 2 species of hornets on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

2 Not Evaluated

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

Recorded in 60 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

It eats other large insects such as beetles, wasps, moths and dragonflies, supplemented with fallen fruit and sap.
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Unlike most wasps, it can fly and hunt at night.
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A colony can reach 400 to 1,000 individuals at its late-summer peak.
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It eats large insects, tree sap and honey.
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New queens mate in autumn and then hibernate until the following spring.
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A group of hornets can wipe out an entire colony of European honeybees in a few hours.
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