Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Hornet Vespa crabro, but which one?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
http://davesgarden.com/bf/go/2058/

The entry is for Giant hornet, Vespa crabro germana.

This appears to be a subspecies introduced to Eastern North America

http://bugguide.net/node/view/7230

David Element lists simply Hornet Vespa crabro

http://www.david.element.ukgateway.net/hymenoptera2socialwas...

But there are several subspecies, and mine would not belong in the subspecies 'germana' entry, or would it?

http://www.vespa-crabro.de/hornets.htm

Do we need an entry for just 'Hornet Vespa crabro'?

It was last year when my grapes were ripening I first saw two of them, late October, they were huge and scary!