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Hornet fight ?
Volkmar
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Posted on 01-10-2021 17:56
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Today I found these two hornets on a forest path, it looked as if they were fighting, but I'm not shure, it looked as if they were biting themselves very fast, but on the other side it nearly looked like cuddling, they did not sting the other one. Who can tell me what they really did ?
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Data: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, D-59519 Arnsberg, 10.01.2021, forest path
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Posted on 01-10-2021 18:15
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Hi Volkmar, it seems to be a ritualised fight (like the males of Clusiidae - therefore druid-flies - do): http://www.hornis...tkampf.htm
But some of the hornet-fights also end deadly!
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner
 
Volkmar
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Hi Eric,
thank you very much for your answer 👍, that is very interesting, I have already read the informations about the Kommentkampf.
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Volkmar
 
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