HORNET

The Latin name for the hornet is Vespa crabro. 

This wasp is perhaps the most docile as well as being the rarest of British social wasps. It is found only in well-timbered districts.

This is a wasp-like insect with a body length of about 3cm. The body is mainly banded yellow and red, with some black.

Hornet is a name commonly applied to members of a group of social wasps that make nests of papery material composed of chewed plant foliage and wood. An egg-shaped paper envelope often surrounds the nest. Annual colonies are constructed in buildings or hollow trees. The same site may be used several years running.