Asia Hornet Vespa velutina specimen in Clear Small Resin Block TE1

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Real Asia Hornet - Vespa velutina specimen encased in square indestructible, transparent lucite block. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put real Hornet right at your fingertips!
Anyone can safely explore the Hornet from every angle.
It is clear enough for microscope observation.
Length of the Hornet body is 2.2 cm (0.9 inch).
Size of the lucite block is 4.5x3.0x1.7 cm (1.8x1.2x0.7 inch).
Weight of the block is 30 g.
It is an ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item for every body.
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Asia Hornet Vespa velutina specimen in Clear Small Resin Block TE1
Real
Asia Hornet
- Vespa velutina
specimen encased in square indestructible, transparent lucite block. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put real Hornet right at your fingertips!
Anyone can safely explore the Hornet from every angle.
It is clear enough for microscope observation.
Length of the Hornet body is 2.2 cm (0.9 inch).
Size of the lucite block is 4.5x3.0x1.7 cm (1.8x1.2x0.7 inch).
Weight of the block is 30 g.
It is an ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item for every body.
This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.
***
Asia Hornet
-
Vespa velutina
Order: Hymenoptera   Family: Vespidae   Genus:
Vespa
The
Asian hornet
(
Vespa velutina
), also known as the
yellow-legged hornet
or
Asian predatory wasp
, is a species of hornet indigenous to Southeast Asia. It is of concern as an invasive species in some other countries.
Vespa velutina
is slightly smaller than the European hornet. Typically, queens are 30 mm (1.2 in) in length, and males about 24 mm (0.95 in). Workers measure about 20 mm (0.80 in) in length. The species has distinctive yellow tarsi (legs). The thorax is a velvety brown or black with a brown abdomen. Each abdominal segment has a narrow posterior yellow border, except for the fourth segment, which is orange. The head is black and the face yellow. Regional forms vary sufficiently in color to cause difficulties in classification, and several subspecies have been variously identified and ultimately rejected; while a history of recognizing subspecies within many of the
Vespa
species exists, including
V. velutina
, the most recent taxonomic revision of the genus treats all subspecific names in the genus
Vespa
as synonyms, effectively relegating them to no more than informal names for regional color forms. The color form causing concern about its invasiveness in Europe has been referred to as
V. v. nigrithorax
, though this name no longer has any taxonomic standing.
Like other hornets,
V. velutina
builds nests that may house colonies of several thousand individuals. Females in the colony are armed with formidable stingers with which they defend their nests and kill their prey. The nest is of paper, roughly in the shape of a huge egg, usually at least half a meter long. Unlike the nest of the European hornet (
V. crabro
), its exit is usually lateral rather than at the bottom. The nesting season is long, and a colony commonly begins by building a nest in a low shrub, then abandoning it after some months and rapidly building a new one high in a tree, possibly as an antiparasitic measure. The next generation of young queens disperses in the late autumn to hibernate over winter.
V. velutina
opportunistically hunts a very wide range of insects, including flies, dragonflies, and Orthoptera, typically capturing them by pursuit. The major concern about their invasiveness, however, is that when they find a honey bee colony or an apiary, they tend to settle down and specialize in honey bees as their prey, as do the larger Japanese giant hornets. A hornet occupies a position above a beehive as its hunting territory. It flies about within an area of about half a square metre, scanning the direction from which foraging honey bees return to the hive. Each hornet vigorously defends its hunting territory, chasing off any rivals. However, as soon as it catches a bee, it flies off and another hornet replaces it, usually within a few seconds. The circadian activities of the two species of honey bees are similar, and the hunting hornets match them; their most intense activity is in the morning and afternoon, not near dusk or noon.
In its native range,
V. velutina
mainly hunts
Apis cerana
, the eastern honey bee, which has evolved a strategy of avoiding hovering hornets by rapid entry and exit from the hive when hornets are about. The guard bees also ball hornets to death. However, where
A. mellifera
, the western honey bee, has been imported,
V. velutina
finds them easier prey than
A. cerana
, because
A. mellifera
has not been subjected to selection for countering concentrated hawking by hornets. For example,
A. mellifera
approach their hives more indirectly and slowly when they detect hawking hornets, instead of darting in as fast as possible in the way that
A. cerana
does. They also ball hornets, but less effectively, and they do not achieve as high a temperature in the ball. Furthermore, when they detect that hornets are hawking,
A. cerana
tend to withdraw into the nest, but
A. mellifera
do not.
V. velutina
originates from Southeast Asia, particularly the tropical regions, from northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Taiwan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Indo-Chinese peninsula, and surrounding archipelagoes.
As an invader, the Asian hornet appeared earliest in France, Spain, Portugal, South Korea, and Japan. Further invasions are ongoing in various countries, including much of Europe. Humans have been attacked after disturbing hornets; although the species is not aggressive, it "charges in a group as soon as it feels its nest is threatened". People have been hospitalised in France after suffering anaphylactic shock as a result of multiple stings. Because of Asian hornets' larger size, their stings are more serious than those of western honey bees.
V. velutina
has become an invasive species in France, where it is believed to have arrived in boxes of pottery from China in 2004. By 2009, several thousand nests were in the area of Bordeaux and surrounding departments, and by the end of 2015, they were reported over most of France.
The Asian hornet spread to northern Spain in 2010.
It was first reported in Portugal in 2011.
It was reported in Liguria, Italy in 2012.
The first sighting on the UK mainland was announced on 20 September 2016 and occurred near Tetbury in Gloucestershire; the nest was found and destroyed and no breeding adults were found within. A nest was reported on the Channel Island of Alderney in 2016.
As of October 2017, the species was reported in Belgium.
It was first reported in Luxembourg in 2020.
Item Specifics
Material :
Resin
Type :
Collector Plate
Country of Manufacture :
China
Country/Region of Manufacture :
China
Modified Item :
No
Handmade :
Yes
Animal Class :
Bee
Payment
By Paypal
Shipping
Free shipping cost.
We send the goods to USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, EU countries and some other European and Asian countries by E-express, a kind of fast postal service by Hong Kong Post. It usually takes about 6 to 10 working days for delivery.
We send the goods to other countries by registered airmail and will take about 8 to 14 working days for delivery.
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Returns: We accept returns with any reason in 30 days.
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Asia Hornet Vespa velutina specimen in Clear Small Resin Block TE1
Real
Asia Hornet
- Vespa velutina
specimen encased in square indestructible, transparent lucite block. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put real Hornet right at your fingertips!
Anyone can safely explore the Hornet from every angle.
It is clear enough for microscope observation.
Length of the Hornet body is 2.2 cm (0.9 inch).
Size of the lucite block is 4.5x3.0x1.7 cm (1.8x1.2x0.7 inch).
Weight of the block is 30 g.
It is an ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item for every body.
This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.
***
Asia Hornet
-
Vespa velutina
Order: Hymenoptera   Family: Vespidae   Genus:
Vespa
The
Asian hornet
(
Vespa velutina
), also known as the
yellow-legged hornet
or
Asian predatory wasp
, is a species of hornet indigenous to Southeast Asia. It is of concern as an invasive species in some other countries.
Vespa velutina
is slightly smaller than the European hornet. Typically, queens are 30 mm (1.2 in) in length, and males about 24 mm (0.95 in). Workers measure about 20 mm (0.80 in) in length. The species has distinctive yellow tarsi (legs). The thorax is a velvety brown or black with a brown abdomen. Each abdominal segment has a narrow posterior yellow border, except for the fourth segment, which is orange. The head is black and the face yellow. Regional forms vary sufficiently in color to cause difficulties in classification, and several subspecies have been variously identified and ultimately rejected; while a history of recognizing subspecies within many of the
Vespa
species exists, including
V. velutina
, the most recent taxonomic revision of the genus treats all subspecific names in the genus
Vespa
as synonyms, effectively relegating them to no more than informal names for regional color forms. The color form causing concern about its invasiveness in Europe has been referred to as
V. v. nigrithorax
, though this name no longer has any taxonomic standing.
Like other hornets,
V. velutina
builds nests that may house colonies of several thousand individuals. Females in the colony are armed with formidable stingers with which they defend their nests and kill their prey. The nest is of paper, roughly in the shape of a huge egg, usually at least half a meter long. Unlike the nest of the European hornet (
V. crabro
), its exit is usually lateral rather than at the bottom. The nesting season is long, and a colony commonly begins by building a nest in a low shrub, then abandoning it after some months and rapidly building a new one high in a tree, possibly as an antiparasitic measure. The next generation of young queens disperses in the late autumn to hibernate over winter.
V. velutina
opportunistically hunts a very wide range of insects, including flies, dragonflies, and Orthoptera, typically capturing them by pursuit. The major concern about their invasiveness, however, is that when they find a honey bee colony or an apiary, they tend to settle down and specialize in honey bees as their prey, as do the larger Japanese giant hornets. A hornet occupies a position above a beehive as its hunting territory. It flies about within an area of about half a square metre, scanning the direction from which foraging honey bees return to the hive. Each hornet vigorously defends its hunting territory, chasing off any rivals. However, as soon as it catches a bee, it flies off and another hornet replaces it, usually within a few seconds. The circadian activities of the two species of honey bees are similar, and the hunting hornets match them; their most intense activity is in the morning and afternoon, not near dusk or noon.
In its native range,
V. velutina
mainly hunts
Apis cerana
, the eastern honey bee, which has evolved a strategy of avoiding hovering hornets by rapid entry and exit from the hive when hornets are about. The guard bees also ball hornets to death. However, where
A. mellifera
, the western honey bee, has been imported,
V. velutina
finds them easier prey than
A. cerana
, because
A. mellifera
has not been subjected to selection for countering concentrated hawking by hornets. For example,
A. mellifera
approach their hives more indirectly and slowly when they detect hawking hornets, instead of darting in as fast as possible in the way that
A. cerana
does. They also ball hornets, but less effectively, and they do not achieve as high a temperature in the ball. Furthermore, when they detect that hornets are hawking,
A. cerana
tend to withdraw into the nest, but
A. mellifera
do not.
V. velutina
originates from Southeast Asia, particularly the tropical regions, from northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Taiwan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Indo-Chinese peninsula, and surrounding archipelagoes.
As an invader, the Asian hornet appeared earliest in France, Spain, Portugal, South Korea, and Japan. Further invasions are ongoing in various countries, including much of Europe. Humans have been attacked after disturbing hornets; although the species is not aggressive, it "charges in a group as soon as it feels its nest is threatened". People have been hospitalised in France after suffering anaphylactic shock as a result of multiple stings. Because of Asian hornets' larger size, their stings are more serious than those of western honey bees.
V. velutina
has become an invasive species in France, where it is believed to have arrived in boxes of pottery from China in 2004. By 2009, several thousand nests were in the area of Bordeaux and surrounding departments, and by the end of 2015, they were reported over most of France.
The Asian hornet spread to northern Spain in 2010.
It was first reported in Portugal in 2011.
It was reported in Liguria, Italy in 2012.
The first sighting on the UK mainland was announced on 20 September 2016 and occurred near Tetbury in Gloucestershire; the nest was found and destroyed and no breeding adults were found within. A nest was reported on the Channel Island of Alderney in 2016.
As of October 2017, the species was reported in Belgium.
It was first reported in Luxembourg in 2020.
Item Specifics
Material :
Resin
Type :
Collector Plate
Country of Manufacture :
China
Country/Region of Manufacture :
China
Modified Item :
No
Handmade :
Yes
Animal Class :
Bee
Payment
By Paypal
Shipping
Free shipping cost.
We send the goods to USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, EU countries and some other European and Asian countries by E-express, a kind of fast postal service by Hong Kong Post. It usually takes about 6 to 10 working days for delivery.
We send the goods to other countries by registered airmail and will take about 8 to 14 working days for delivery.
Returns
Returns: We accept returns with any reason in 30 days.
Contact Us
We will answer buyer messages within 24 hours during working days.
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