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 Hornet fight ?
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| Volkmar |
Posted on 01-10-2021 17:56
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 Member Location: Arnsberg, D Posts: 243 Joined: 05.08.20 |
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 ? Best regards, Volkmar Data: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, D-59519 Arnsberg, 10.01.2021, forest path Volkmar attached the following image:  [242.32Kb] Edited by Volkmar on 01-10-2021 18:01 |
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| eklans |
Posted on 01-10-2021 18:15
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 3983 Joined: 11.11.18 |
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 |
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| Volkmar |
Posted on 01-10-2021 19:21
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Member Location: Arnsberg, D Posts: 243 Joined: 05.08.20 |
Hi Eric, thank you very much for your answer 👍, that is very interesting, I have already read the informations about the Kommentkampf. Best regards Volkmar |
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