hornet

Types:

Vespa crabro, giant hornet

European hornet introduced into the United States

Vespula maculata, bald-faced hornet, white-faced hornet

North American hornet

Vespula maculifrons, yellow hornet, yellow jacket

small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground

Type of:

vespid, vespid wasp

mostly social nest-building wasps