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Vespa tropica

Vespa tropica, the greater banded hornet, is a tropical species of hornet found in Southern Asia, New Guinea and west Africa, and which has recently been discovered to be an invasive species on the Pacific island of Guam. It is a predator of paper wasps and possesses a potent sting, which can cause extreme pain and swelling.

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Vespa tropica

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples60
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
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related to Further reading · 15
Vespa tropica → Archer, Bibcode, Ecological Entomology, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Hym, ISSN, Martin, Michael, Nest, November, Stephen, Taxonomy, Vespa, Vespinae, Wiley Publishing
related to Biology · 13
Vespa tropica → Asian, In, It, Japan, Nest, Occasionally, October, Polistes, Predation, Ropalidia, The, They, Vespa
related to External links · 9
Vespa tropica → Archived, Hornet, Hymenoptera, Invasive, Org, Retrieved, Vespa, Vespidae, Wayback MachineGreater
related to Description · 8
Vespa tropica → Andamans, Asia, Hong Kong, However, Nicobars, Singapore, The, Vespa
related to Distribution · 8
Vespa tropica → Afghanistan, Asia, Australia, New Britain, New Guinea, Philippines, Torres Strait Islands, Vespa
related to Invasive · 3
Vespa tropica → Guam, In August, Vespa

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Hong Konginstance ofwhile in other regions0.80text
the headinstance ofwhile in other regions0.80text
flanks of the thorax are normally reddishinstance ofwhile in other regions0.80text
Ropalidia marginatainstance ofA worker of V. tropica has been recorded as capturing and killing an individual of Vespa bicolor and also raiding nests of other polister wasps0.80text
Vespa tropicarelated to BiologyVespa0.60section
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Vespa tropicarelated to BiologyRopalidia0.60section
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Vespa tropicarelated to BiologyOccasionally0.60section
Vespa tropicarelated to BiologyNest0.60section
Vespa tropicarelated to BiologyOctober0.60section

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