Murder Hornet entomology Xylocopa caerulea is a species

Xylocopa caerulea is a species of carpenter bee that is widely distributed in Southeast Asia

Kenya and Tanzania

The eyespots give it its name – from the Greek myth of the cyclops Polyphemus

Enoplotrupes sharpi

This species can be found in tropical east and west Africa and in Madagascar in a mosaic of habitats but mainly in Afrotropical forest

Murder Hornet entomology Xylocopa caerulea is a speciesVespa mandarinia The Asian giant hornet, including the color form referred to as the Japanese giant hornet, is the world's largest hornet. It is native to temperate and tropical East Asia, South Asia, Mainland Southeast Asia, and parts of the Russian Far East. This specimen is encased a 3x4 frame.