The name `` hornet '' is used for this and related species primarily because of their habit of making aerial nests -LRB- similar to the true hornets -RRB- rather than subterranean nests .

The name `` hornet '' is used for this and related species mainly because of their habit to make aerial nests -LRB- similar to the true hornets ' -RRB- rather than the nests underground the wasps use .
