Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch)

Review of the Life Cycle of a Hornet set by Epoch, new for 2019. This is the life cycle of the giant Asian hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852, a common and widespread species in the Orient. This is a new take on a commonly-made species.

The set consists of 5 components: queen hornet, worker hornet, pupa, larva, and two pairs of brood chambers (one pair each with the larva and pupa). I have seen various versions of this set sold with extra cells, larvae, and pupae, but the one I ended up getting had one of each developmental stage.

The queen and worker are 5.0 and 3.8 cm, respectively, making the adults 1:1 scale. They come assembled but looks as if they are made up of assembled pieces. The larva, pupa, and paired chambers are all single pieces of plastic.

First, the larva:



Next, the pupa:



Worker hornet:



Queen hornet:



The brood chambers:



The life cycle:



The complete set:



I made the colony bigger by adding the hornet larva made by Shineg:



And lastly we have a super colony with additional adults by Kaiyodo (2x), Rement, Yujin, and Break Co. LTD:

Interesting set :)

but why here and not in Epoch

widukind wrote:

Interesting set :)

but why here and not in Epoch

Darn, I overlooked the Epoch board! If an Admin can move it, that would be great :)

An interesting set. I had something similar showing life cycle of a butterfly/moth and also a frog. Wish I had kept them but gave them to my local primary school so went to a good cause :)

Lifecycle sets are always quite interesting if not the most interesting in this hobby. Thanks for sharing it.
I moved it to the correct section. It doesn't wonder the Epoch thread got forgoten, it haven't got a single post since last year.