# AD2009Aug08 Vespa crabro 05

- By: Bernie
- Date: 2009-08-08
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AD2009Aug08_Vespa_crabro_05.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/AD2009Aug08_Vespa_crabro_05.jpg/1920px-AD2009Aug08_Vespa_crabro_05.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Vespa crabro, commonly known simply as the "hornet", is the largest European eusocial wasp. The specimen in the picture is a fully grown worker (female) – measuring 25 mm (about one inch) from head to abdomen. Another detail in the picture is one of the three ocelli between the two compound eyes.