bmathison1972
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Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 52 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 6570
![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) Thu Aug 01, 2019 12:37 am | |
| 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: ![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) 20190730-194013](https://i.postimg.cc/6pFgbZhW/20190730-194013.jpg) Next, the pupa: ![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) 20190730-194035](https://i.postimg.cc/65jDRg2G/20190730-194035.jpg) Worker hornet: ![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) 20190730-194041](https://i.postimg.cc/yN95MNfF/20190730-194041.jpg) Queen hornet: ![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) 20190730-194057](https://i.postimg.cc/138bKBw7/20190730-194057.jpg) The brood chambers: ![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) 20190730-194112](https://i.postimg.cc/4dgMsTMj/20190730-194112.jpg) The life cycle: ![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) 20190730-194208](https://i.postimg.cc/3RFqwcQN/20190730-194208.jpg) The complete set: ![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) 20190730-194331](https://i.postimg.cc/FzPnykRQ/20190730-194331.jpg) I made the colony bigger by adding the hornet larva made by Shineg: ![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) 20190730-194506](https://i.postimg.cc/D0fM4P7g/20190730-194506.jpg) And lastly we have a super colony with additional adults by Kaiyodo (2x), Rement, Yujin, and Break Co. LTD: ![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) 20190730-194645](https://i.postimg.cc/tRDfQwzm/20190730-194645.jpg) |
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widukind
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![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:10 am | |
| Interesting set :) but why here and not in Epoch _________________ www.spielzeugtiere.com STS members can merge ![sunny](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_sunny.png) Andreas ![sunny](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_sunny.png) |
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bmathison1972
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Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 52 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 6570
![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) Thu Aug 01, 2019 12:44 pm | |
| - 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 :) |
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khallam
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![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:25 pm | |
| 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 :)
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Roger Admin
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Country/State : Portugal Age : 49 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35528
![Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Life Cycle of a Hornet (Epoch) Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:42 pm | |
| 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. |
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