File:Hornet-vespa.jpg

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Description	European Hornet. From head to tail, this hornet was approximately 7/8 of an inch long
Date	24 September 2005
Source	English wikipedia
Author	PiccoloNamek
Permission ( Reusing this file)	Uploaded to English Wikipedia under GDFL-self by the author

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File History:

 * 08:28, 22 December 2005 . . Drumguy8800 (Talk) . . 1115x740 (526,028 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
 * 08:28, 22 December 2005 . . Drumguy8800 (Talk) . . 1115x740 (448,237 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
 * 04:16, 9 December 2005 . . PiccoloNamek (Talk) . . 1115x740 (526,028 bytes)
 * 09:12, 17 November 2005 . . PiccoloNamek (Talk) . . 1115x740 (415,956 bytes) (Smoothed and sharpened - a noticable improvement.)
 * 08:27, 23 September 2005 . . PiccoloNamek (Talk) . . 1115x740 (448,237 bytes)
 * 10:33, 22 September 2005 . . PiccoloNamek (Talk) . . 1141x856 (466,646 bytes)
 * 06:59, 22 September 2005 . . PiccoloNamek (Talk) . . 2512x1728 (2,670,377 bytes) (I,  PiccoloNamek, took this photograph. {{GFDL-self}})
 * 09:43, 16 April 2004 . . Bogdangiusca (Talk) . . 300x235 (12,094 bytes) (from German Wikipedia)

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European hornet

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Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time	17:09, 21 February 2009
Colour space	sRGB

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