2007-02-22 02:52:07 · 6 answers · asked by purplerain 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
A hornet is actually a type of wasp. "Wasps" refers to all members of order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita, except for those that are bees or ants. The yellowjackets are the best known type of wasp, and they look very similar to bees, but other types of wasps include sawflies, wood wasps, and velvet ants. Wasps are predatory creatures, and they play an important role in natural pest control.
Hornets are members of the genus Vespa, which falls under the suborder Apocrita, making them wasps. Hornets are the largest wasps among those that have eusocial colonies (queen, workers, drones). There are about 20 species of hornets, most of them native to tropical Asia. Two species are native to parts of Europe, but the only hornets in North America are European hornets that were accidentally introduced fairly recently.
2007-02-22 02:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hornets are much bigger. Being stung by a hornet is apparently extremely painful and it used to be said that 7 hornets can kill a horse.
2007-02-22 11:31:33 · answer #2 · answered by JOHN D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A wasp has a sting but a Hornet has little pincers!!
2007-02-22 10:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by prettywoman 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hornets are so big that you can see there eyeballs looking at you!! (ok not really) but they are a lot bigger then wasps, we have a hornets nest on our land! scary
2007-02-22 10:58:04 · answer #4 · answered by Keira 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
size.. here in southern italy there are huge hornets as big as my thumb.. my wife has told me no to go near them as they kill.....
2007-02-22 10:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by lion of judah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hornets are HUUUUUUUUUUGGGEEE and scary........even my horse is scared of them!!
2007-02-22 10:55:48 · answer #6 · answered by Katie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋