Vespa ducalis
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| Vespa ducalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Vespa |
| Species: | V. ducalis |
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| Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852 | |
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Vespa ducalis, the black-tailed hornet, is a species of hornet in the genus Vespa. It was described by Smith in 1852. In Japan, it is called himesuzumebachi (姫雀蜂; literally: "princess sparrow wasp").
Workers have a body length of 24–32 mm; the queen is about 37 mm.[1] They have a distinctive black tail. They are only slightly smaller than the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), which has a body length of about 30–55 mm.
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