Actually I should have asked this first are hornets, and yellow jackets the same insect, or are they seperate? We caught this massive hornet, or yellow jacket the stinger I have measured @ 1/4 inch long. This f**ker is huge, and the insect itself is just over 2 inch. I have never seen a bee, hornet, or anything related (except a wasp) this big. By the way I live in Florida I don't know if this makes any differance, but maybe location does help in narrowing down what the hell this thing is?
2006-12-15 20:06:01 · 1 answers · asked by foxy 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It sounds like that big one you have may be you a Japanese Hornet the largest of the species...They are a highly efficient killing machine—a hornet two inches long and with a wingspan up to three inches—lurks in the mountains of Japan. The voracious predator has a quarter-inch stinger that pumps out a dose of venom with an enzyme so strong it can dissolve human tissue.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1025_021025_GiantHornets.html
VIDEO... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1012_051012_hornet_video.html
2006-12-15 20:14:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How Big Are Yellow Jackets
2016-10-19 05:40:52 · answer #2 · answered by anestassia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are difffent
but a hornet size is about 5/8-3/4" (16-20 mm) long
as a yellow jacket is about 3/8-5/8" (10-16 mm) long
2006-12-15 20:11:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a clue. Hornets are orange... Wasps are gold/ black and I'm sure Yellow Jackets have a dark brown color. Ew...
2016-03-18 00:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps, reaching up to 45 millimetres (1.8 inches) in length.
Yellowjackets are black-and-yellow wasps of the genus Vespula or Dolichovespula (some can be black-and-white, the most notable of these being the bald-faced hornet, Dolichovespula maculata). They can be identified by their distinctive combination of black-and-yellow color, small size (slightly larger than a bee), and entirely black antennae
2006-12-15 20:10:12 · answer #5 · answered by blapath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-26 20:41:41 · answer #6 · answered by gochenour 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was stung by many 'Drunk' Y/J 'a as kid in the 50's BUT the biggest M/F wasp got stuck in my shirt while Motorcycling down the highway in Hawaii. I thought that I was shot ! and lived again in 1972. lol
2006-12-15 20:16:11 · answer #7 · answered by Rich C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋