Bald-faced hornet coloring differentiates it from its mostly black and yellow genus mates. Baldfaced hornets are distinguished from other yellowjackets by their white and black coloring. It has a white or "baldfaced" head, which is the source of its colloquial name. These wasps also have three white stripes at the end of their bodies. They are notably larger than other species of "Dolichovespula", as adults average about in length. Queen and worker wasps have similar morphologies. However, workers are covered by small hairs while the queen remains hairless. Queens are always larger than workers in their colonies, though size distributions can vary
USS Hornet (1865) in the Chesapeake Bay squadron. In October 1865, "Hornet" escorted the Confederate ironclad CSS "Stonewall" from Cuba to the United States. "Hornet" was decommissioned on 15 December 1865 and sold into private ownership in 1869. After the war "Hornet" was involved in several filibustering expeditions to Cuba under the names "Hornet" and "Cuba", including an unsuccessful mission in January 1871 to deliver weapons and ammunition to Cuban rebels during the Ten Years' War. USS Hornet (1865) The USS "Hornet" (1865) was the fifth United States Navy ship to bear the name Hornet. She was originally the CSS "Lady Stirling", a