https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-hornets-honeybees-united-states/

https://ei.marketwatch.com/Multimedia/2020/05/03/Photos/ZQ/MW-IF721_hornet_20200503184201_ZQ.jpg?uuid=4dde7776-8d8f-11ea-9d62-9c8e992d421e

Good gravy, hornets 3 times as big as your standard variety hornet. If these things come to northern Ohio I'm moving.

There are some fascinating and terrifying videos of these guys on youtube. I watched one murder hornet colony v. murder hornet colony battle. In another one, a bee hive lured one in and then swarmed and killed it. They didn't even sting it to death, they roasted it alive somehow by raising its body temperature. For revenge, I guess. (Bees in their native territories have learned to deal with them, of course bees here have not.)

I can't even believe I remember this, but there was actually a thread here about murder hornets in 2004. (We didn't call them that back then, but they're one in the same)

30 Hornets vs. 30,000 Bees - Front Office Football Central (https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=25343es)

The video from the thread no longer works, but you can find variations of it on youtube.

30 Japanese Giant Hornets kill 30,000 Honey Bees - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1eAM8CChc)

Though I prefer the ones where the bees win:

Japanese Giant Hornet Scout Killed by Asian Bees YouTube - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P8svtzTRuI)

There are some fascinating and terrifying videos of these guys on youtube. I watched one murder hornet colony v. murder hornet colony battle. In another one, a bee hive lured one in and then swarmed and killed it. They didn't even sting it to death, they roasted it alive somehow by raising its body temperature. For revenge, I guess. (Bees in their native territories have learned to deal with them, of course bees here have not.)

I saw that probably a year ago. Amazing stuff.

I've had cicada killers in my yard, and while they aren't generally aggressive, they are huge. Aggressive hornets the size of cicada killers sound awful.

But can the murder hornets attack a human with covid and then pass covid to their next victim?

Or maybe their stings are filled with light and hornet disinfectant that will CURE COVID-19!

These murder hornets?

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51vnvMM9NrL._SX466_.jpg

SI

I've had cicada killers in my yard, and while they aren't generally aggressive, they are huge. Aggressive hornets the size of cicada killers sound awful.


I work in pest control. Every year, we get the calls of panic about the giant bees/wasps/hornets/yellow jackets around the cicada killers season. People don't know what they are and completely freak out. I try to tell them they are harmless, and the best course of action to get rid of them is swat them with a tennis racket. I can only imagine this year, every cicada killers call is going to be a murder hornet call. *sigh*

I guess this belongs here too...

https://i.ibb.co/MR4LTVS/95495181-10156854395201851-3817740826767785984-o.jpg

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That seems like an insane thing to do.

That seems like an insane thing to do.

It could be the next tide pod challenge!

Asian 'murder hornets' are also a beloved snack in Japan (https://nypost.com/2020/05/05/asian-murder-hornets-are-also-a-beloved-snack-in-japan/?fbclid=IwAR3B7vN3NtmiAW0ssrBISBul6JGonztdE91gXwlH9U2w-ch86ww5nFUdxXk)

These murder hornets?

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51vnvMM9NrL._SX466_.jpg

SI

This is the one TRUE Hornet!

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/af/80/e9/af80e9c0a14eb9460c97fbe2b78a00e4.jpg

https://www.ironwindmetals.com/images/com_hikashop/upload/btmechs/20-372.jpg

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If you enjoyed that (or threw-up), find videos of a show called "Kings of Pain." I believe it was on History Channel.

https://www.ironwindmetals.com/images/com_hikashop/upload/btmechs/20-372.jpg

So the Hornet evolved into the Urbanmech? I never knew that!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Praying Mantis eats Murder Hornet <a href="https://t.co/CNXQAetp0g">pic.twitter.com/CNXQAetp0g</a></p>&mdash; Nature is Metal (@NaturelsMetal) <a href="https://twitter.com/NaturelsMetal/status/1258249812106973184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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HE reminds me of Steve Carrell getting waxed ion 40 year old virgin

watching that hornet video now...wow
I do hope that starts a wave of getting stung challenges

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Praying Mantis eats Murder Hornet <a href="https://t.co/CNXQAetp0g">pic.twitter.com/CNXQAetp0g</a></p>&mdash; Nature is Metal (@NaturelsMetal) <a href="https://twitter.com/NaturelsMetal/status/1258249812106973184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Mantis nailed the hornet so fast!

"Nothing to see here. Just a friendly praying mantis. No need to worry. WHA-BAMMMM! I'm eating your head!"

The Mantis nailed the hornet so fast!

"Nothing to see here. Just a friendly praying mantis. No need to worry. WHA-BAMMMM! I'm eating your head!"

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a murder hornets head?

The Mantis nailed the hornet so fast!

"Nothing to see here. Just a friendly praying mantis. No need to worry. WHA-BAMMMM! I'm eating your head!"

If we ever get deadly mantises, I'm also leaving,

https://d1nao0k9edgivc.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Deadly-Mantis.jpg

The Mantis nailed the hornet so fast!



To be fair, it did take him a bit to locate the delicious gooey brain material.

Sex traps can lure thousands of male giant hornets to their death, study finds (https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/world/giant-hornets-sex-pheromone-traps-scn/index.html)

Go Science!

The Beginning of the End predicted the correct way to kill giant bugs.

One night in heaven…

This is the one TRUE Hornet!

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/af/80/e9/af80e9c0a14eb9460c97fbe2b78a00e4.jpg

good I posted a picture of Kurt Rambis. As it should be...