European hornets have distinct looks, depending on their role in the central hive. Workers — the most common type seen flying around outside — grow to be about an inch to an inch-and-a-half long.

In late summer, we often see bees, hornets and wasps and their nests. Let’s look at some you’re likely to see in and around your backyard. Honeybees are about 5/8 of an inch long, orangish ...

Unlike other social species of wasps, the European hornet is actually more active at night, which is when they will be foraging and flying around the area around their nest sites. These stinging ...

Black with bright yellow legs, the flying insect would hover at ... hurtling onward by as much as 60 miles a year. As the hornet fanned out across Europe, scientists in North America wondered ...

After sending the picture out to one of our UGA entomologists, our identification specialist concluded it was a European hornet and what those flying sting machines did to that dogwood was incredible.

European hornets prefer to hunt and fly at night, which makes them different from other stinging insects. You could potentially attract one or more of them if you have a light on outside in the ...

The report also noted the European Hornet is the “only true hornet in Ohio” and one of the few that will fly at night. “As one of Ohio’s largest wasp species, it is not surprising that ...

these hornets fly at night and are attracted to light, so they might try to get into your house. Do hornets sting? European hornets sting, but it's often only as painful as a honeybee sting.