This has been in the news for the last several days, and these hornets are actually HUGE, especially compared to the honey bee, which they kill and eat. The news said that we are being invaded with them, but some other sources say that they have been around for a while in the United States . In any case, they are a horrible looking creature, and their stig can sometimes be deadly, according to the reports. Since they are over 2 inches long, a poor little honey bee has no chance against these huge hornets.
An interesting video that I watched today (might be considered disturbing and graphic) shows that the praying mantis is actually a natural enemy of the Asian hornet, and once the mantis got the hornet in its grip, it was all over for the hornet.
We're gonna need a bigger swatter... Seriously, I almost died from yellow jacket stings. I don't need another reason to be paranoid.
I say mask the bastards and let THEM be uncomfortable! Or make them "Social Distance." You know it's bad when you get a rush from being only 36" from the woman in line in front of you. 4th grade all over again
I’m concerned about the murder hornets. I haven’t heard anything about them lately. I hope they’re okay.
-6 eaten by skunk -4 met a Peterbilt heading the opposite direction -3 learned what RAID is -1 is sub-Nike In other words, 14 more COVID deaths.
Well, that clears that up. And I thought they’d been infected with the Bubonic Plague! I stand corrected.
Good thing they found the nest in Washington instead of California. California would have declared the bug an endangered species in the U.S. and given the nest 10,000 acres of land in which to breed.
Oh, good. I was concerned that the Murder Hornets had been cheated out of their fifteen minutes of fame by the Chinese virus and the Democrat crash of the economy.
Yeh, I was gonna post this in that thread, but figured homicidal vespids deserved their own thread. I'll let someone lese piss them off.
"And as a way of welcoming our new winged friends to The Golden State, we would like to present each with a tiny can of gas and a pack of commemorative matches."