In insects, as in some other creatures, bright colours are usually a warning that the creature is either poisonous or distasteful, or have some other means of self-protection. Potential predators will then tend to avoid them.
Wasps and hornets
A yellow jacket is a wasp and is always yellow and black. A hornet is a large wasp and is always yellow and brown. The Bald faced Hornet found in the USA is actually a wasp and is black and white.
Hornets and Yellow Jackets get this large.
I have always heard "european hornets" or "giant hornets" called "bell hornets" all my life in central VA. I never learned they were the yellow and black "european hornets" until I researched them on the web only to find out nobody really had heard of "bell hornets". Hope this helps.
Hornets can be purple or black.
A bumble bee is an example of something that is yellow and black and buzzes. Hornets are another. If you are looking for a silly answer, a vibrating cell phone stuffed inside of a banana also fits the bill.
Hornets and yellow jackets can compress their bodies to squeeze through holes as small as the width of a pencil.
hornets wasps and yellow jackets
because they have yellow stripes and that indecats danger
It used to be black but due to evolution and adaptation to the world, to avoid certain factors, it began to have white spots- most likely to be because of the sun- in order to reflect sun light. the sun light is becoming stronger.
Yes. There are multiple images on google of Hornets nests. Thanks for using answers.com!
An insect that can have a black body and yellow tail, flies, and stings may be a hornet. Many species of wasps and hornets match this description.