bee wasp hornet?

Belleville, NJ

There's a lot of these in a tree across the street from my house. I don't know what they are, they look like they're about 2 inches? They just keep flying in and out of the tree.

Are they dangerous enough that they'll attack someone walking past or standing close by? The tree is behind a fence on a sidewalk. They don't look that big in the photo, but I thought they were carpenter bees at a distance.

I live in north east Jersey, outside NYC.

This message was edited Sep 23, 2012 12:40 PM

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Minot, ND

Looks like Vespa crabro - http://www.vespa-crabro.de/hornets.htm
Opinions vary, but I have found them to be relatively non-aggressive.

Wrightstown, NJ(Zone 7a)

Hi. we have them around here in South Jersey and I was told they are a species of hornet. I am not getting close enough to find out how aggressive they are. I kill them. JB

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