Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hornet or a wasp? (Cyprus)

Posted by rob1619 on 03-12-2008 15:19
#1

Took some pics of this Hornet i belive it is in my garden today.He was flying around some flowers where there was some bees around aswell.
Is it a Hornet or a wasp?
Many thanks.
Robert

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Posted by mwkozlowski on 03-12-2008 16:21
#2

neither a hornet nor atypical yellowjacket wasp, looks like a bee wolf Philantus

Posted by Philippe moniotte on 03-12-2008 19:21
#3

I'll second that , it is a Philanthus sp, possibly triangulum, which is rather variable in color. If t did hunt honey bees, it IS triangulum....

Philippe