From BugGuide: native to Eurasia; introduced to New York in the mid-1800s; first detected as far south as Arkansas in 1999.
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European hornet (Vespa crabro germana) eating a bumble bee on Eutrochium dubium (three-nerved Joe-pye-weed) in August.
Photo © Mary Free
