Like we dont have enough to worry about... good grief! MURDER HORNETS!

[Brent in Az]

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[sestoppelman]

LOL. No, but the media acts like Godzilla just arrived in the USA, when it's just a flying bug.

Aye, but a flying bug that could wipe out many honey bees and kill people. It does so in Japan and has for some years. There, the bees have developed some defense to these "Flying bugs", that can mitigate to some degree, but they are still battling them. Our bees are noobs and wont know how to defend against this nearly 2 inch long with quarter inch stinger flying but with enough venom to disable a person.
So far they are only known to be here in NW WA state, but if they get loose or hitch a ride on a container on a truck going cross country they could wind up anywhere.
There is over reaction to things and under reaction to things. This is something to not take lightly I think, even though we may never encounter one... I hope.
Oh and MOTHRA was just a flying bug too..... LOL.

 

[Brent in Az]

We have Africanized bee's here in AZ. They run in large angry packs. Murder Hornets be damned.

 

[Brent in Az]

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[Firebird]

 

[sestoppelman]

We have Africanized bee's here in AZ. They run in large angry packs. Murder Hornets be damned.

Well maybe one or the other will eventually wipe the other out. Just out of curiosity, how many people are killed every year in AZ by those bees?

 

[Brent in Az]

Well maybe one or the other will eventually wipe the other out. Just out of curiosity, how many people are killed every year in AZ by those bees?

I dont know for sure?. There was one person killed in Tucson last year that I know of, Plus many dogs that die each year from bee attacks.

 

[Brent in Az]

I'm ready for the little buggers. I can shoot 20 feet with this bad boy![emoji3]

 

[GA Hunter]

Not sure if it’s the same insect or not but we have an insect here in Georgia that looks exactly like the “murder” hornet. We call it a Japanese Hornet. Been here at least 50 years. Just saying.

 

[lwaters]

I think the murder hornets is fake news. I've seen hornets that look the same at Ft. Riley. They live in the ground and kill locust.

 

[Mr. Zorg]

Those are the cicada killers, we have them here too although the ones here anyway look different than these Japanese hornets.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus

We have cow-killer / velvet ant wasps here too but the most often I've seen those was when we lived in Louisiana. The ones I've seen were all bright metallic red in color. I give them a wide berth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutillidae

 

[Hogpatrol]

 

[Brent in Az]

The biggest we have in Arizona, is the Tarantula Hawk, or Spider Wasp. This wasp is quite large, and preys on Tarantulas.

 

[barbells.and.arrows]

I think I heard gas will kill the murder hornets, can y'all handle stock piling some of that?

 

[cpr0312]

 

[Mr. Zorg]

Texas is on the case even though it may be decdes, if ever, for Japanese hornets to appear in Texas.

http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/texas-forms-murder-hornet-task-force-to-save-the-honey-bees

They'll probably find places without mandatory face masks more welcoming anyway, as social insects.

 

[Brent in Az]

Well maybe one or the other will eventually wipe the other out. Just out of curiosity, how many people are killed every year in AZ by those bees?

3 people received stings yesterday, as a swarm of Bees descended on a marketplace in north Tucson. The previous day, 3 dogs were killed by Bees.

The hot weather, and blooming vegetation, has them very active.

 

[Bullthrower338]

I’m not sure if it is a drunken delusion or I actually am recalling correctly but I seem to recall an older lady that was killed by Africanized Bees near Las Cruces, NM when I lived in NM.

 

[TEAM BERETTA]

Is this what you are talking about?

 

[Deleted member 43267]

This website a neat video about their biology, sightings, and what Washington State is doing in terms of surveillance and eradication if found. And check out the presenter's profile pic at the beginning.

https://agr.wa.gov/departments/insects-pests-and-weeds/insects/hornets

Jeff