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Greater Banded Hornet

Vespa tropica (Linnaeus 1758)

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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are preyed upon by

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Dasia olivacea Gray 1839 (Olive Dasia)
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Dasia olivacea Gray 1839 (Olive Dasia)
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Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson 1835) (Great Himalayan Leaf-nosed Bat)
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Vespa tropica (Linnaeus 1758) (Greater banded hornet)

behavioral circadian rhythm

Lewis and Taylor 1965
diurnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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(adult)

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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developmental mode

Insect Development
holometabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous

Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.

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eat

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Quercus acutissima Carruth. (Saw-tooth Oak)
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Asclepias curassavica L. (bloodflower)
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Dimocarpus longan Lour. (longan)
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Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep. (bushkiller)

geographic distribution

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Laos
URI: http://www.geonames.org/1655842

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Bhutan
URI: http://www.geonames.org/1252634

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New Guinea
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2082514

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Thailand
URI: http://www.geonames.org/1605651

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Malaysia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/1733045

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number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

1094

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

1677

number of research grade records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

1464

prey on

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Parapolybia nodosa Vecht 1966
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Apis cerana Fabricius 1793
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Vespa tropica (Linnaeus 1758) (Greater banded hornet)
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Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier 1836)
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Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier 1836)

type specimen repository

GBIF national node type records UK

NHMUK

visit

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Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms (octopus tree)
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Pholidota imbricata Hook. (Common rattlesnake orchid)
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Cocos nucifera L. (Coconut)

visit flowers of

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Cirsium japonicum Fisch. ex DC. (Japanese thistle)
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Aralia cordata Thunb. (udo)
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Asclepias curassavica L. (bloodflower)
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Ziziphus jujuba Miller (Jujube)