Australian hornet band marking the abdomen. The insects wings are largely translucent, but tinted orange with black areas at the wing's end. Being a member of the potter wasp subfamily (Eumeninae), "A. ephippium" females build large nests in sheltered positions using mud. The females search for prey (including spiders and caterpillars) around trees and shrubs, before sealing the captured insects inside the nest's cells. The larvae then feed upon these insects, before emerging. 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
USS Hornet (CV-12) USS Hornet (CV-12) USS "Hornet" (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is a United States Navy aircraft carrier of the "Essex" class. Construction started in August 1942. She was originally named but was renamed in honor of the prior , which was lost in October 1942, becoming the eighth ship to bear the name. "Hornet" was commissioned 29 November 1943, and after three months of training joined the U.S. forces in the Pacific War. She played a major part in the Pacific battles of World War II, and also took part in Operation Magic Carpet, returning troops to the U.S. Following World War II, she