Australian hornet Australian hornet The Australian hornet ("Abispa ephippium"), actually a type of potter wasp or "mason wasp", is a vespid insect native to the Australian states and territories of the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. The Australian hornet is a solitary insect, forming small nests against buildings and other structures. The adult wasp feeds off flower nectar, while the larvae are fed caterpillars captured by the female. "A. ephippium" is in length. The insect is mostly orange, with a large central black patch on the top of the thorax, and a wide black
USS Hornet (CV-8) nine torpedoes, many of which failed to explode, and more than 400 rounds from the destroyers and . The destroyers steamed away when a Japanese surface force entered the area. The Japanese destroyers and finally finished off "Hornet" with four Long Lance torpedoes. At 01:35 on 27 October, "Hornet" was finally sunk with the loss of 140 of her sailors. "Hornet" was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 13 January 1943. However, her name was revived less than a year later when the newly constructed "Kearsarge" was commissioned as . CV8 is honored aboard her namesake, which is now