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Lesser Banded Hornet
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Lesser Banded Hornet

Vespa affinis

Vespa affinis (lesser banded hornet) is a common hornet in tropical and subtropical Asia.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 342689.