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Southern Giant Hornet
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Southern Giant Hornet

Vespa soror

Vespa soror is a species of hornet present in Northern Thailand, Northern Vietnam, and parts of South China, including Hong Kong, Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan Island.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 342686.