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Title: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 02, 2020, 09:12:27 PM
Quote from: https://time.com/5831256/asian-hornets-murder-hornets/
Asian giant hornets, which some researchers refer to as “murder hornets” according to the New York Times, had never been seen in the U.S. until December, when the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) verified four sightings of the hornets near Blaine and Bellingham, Wash. Canada also reported sightings of the insects in British Columbia the fall of 2019, per the WSDA.

Asian giant hornets are the largest species of hornet in the world. They attack and destroy honeybee hives, entering a “slaughter phase” where they literally decapitate bees and take the hive as their own, using the thoraxes from the dead bees to feed their young, according to the WSDA. Just a few hornets can decimate a honey bee hive in a number of hours.

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Their stingers are longer than a honey bee’s, more toxic and they can sting multiple times. Multiple stings can also kill a human even if they’re not allergic, according to the WSU release. The New York Times reports reports that in Japan, the hornets have been known to kill up to 50 people a year.

2020 keeps delivering. :goty
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Dickie Dee on May 02, 2020, 09:13:33 PM
Sounds about right
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Tasty on May 02, 2020, 09:41:46 PM
Burn the west coast.
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 02, 2020, 09:43:01 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/oENuB8L.jpg)

Prepare to be penetrated, oniichan.
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: ToxicAdam on May 02, 2020, 11:57:30 PM
Africanized bees vs Murder Hornets in a steel cage match. Put that shit on ESPN, you cowards.
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: thisismyusername on May 03, 2020, 12:44:10 AM
Do they know how they got over? Some lab lost them? Someone (bizarrely) kept them as pets and let them loose?

Quote from: TFA
Officials don’t know how the insects got into the U.S., but they’re bracing for the hornets to start emerging soon, as they become active in April,

 :mike
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: CatsCatsCats on May 03, 2020, 12:51:28 AM
Will absolutely wail on these fuckers with a badminton racket, not in my woods
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Bebpo on May 03, 2020, 12:51:56 AM
Yeah, we really didn't need this.
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Mandark on May 03, 2020, 12:56:10 AM
Will absolutely wail on these fuckers with a badminton racket, not in my woods

I will simply explain social distancing to the wasps after which they will voluntarily buzz around 6 feet away from me.
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Tasty on May 03, 2020, 01:03:26 AM
Is there any way we can tag and bag these fuckers and exterminate them hive-and-all?

Honeybees are friends and an enemy of them is an enemy of mine.
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: CatsCatsCats on May 03, 2020, 01:05:56 AM
Been reading a bit about this and they are absolutely trying to. Setting traps to trace back to hives. Eliminated at least one hive on Vancouver Island. Poor dude doing it got stung through his bee suit and layers of sweat pants lol sounds brutal might need to rethink my strat

Sounds like finding hives might not be easy but they’ve got a few ideas and are coordinating with experts in Japan
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: jakefromstatefarm on May 03, 2020, 01:06:50 AM
Will absolutely wail on these fuckers with a badminton racket, not in my woods

I will simply explain social distancing to the wasps after which they will voluntarily buzz around 6 feet away from me.
remember, they can’t legally sting you without your consent
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Tasty on May 03, 2020, 01:07:52 AM
Been reading a bit about this and they are absolutely trying to. Setting traps to trace back to hives. Eliminated at least one hive on Vancouver Island. Pour dude doing it got stung through his bee suit and layers of sweat pants lol sounds brutal might need to rethink my strat

Sounds like finding hives might not be easy but they’ve got a few ideas and are coordinating with experts in Japan

Cats with the somewhat reassuring news I needed :heart
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: chronovore on May 03, 2020, 05:03:01 AM
I have encountered these here in Japan up in the mountains. They are about as big as my thumb. A wasp that is as big around as my thumb. They are orange and black and very confrontational. If you see one, I suggest you nope out.
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Beezy on May 03, 2020, 05:09:54 AM
Is this the same thing?

https://twitter.com/TheMSeries1/status/1067598464626905093
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: naff on May 03, 2020, 07:39:57 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1eAM8CChc
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Momo on May 03, 2020, 08:07:18 AM
African bees arent that bad, wasps can fuck off though
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Momo on May 03, 2020, 08:08:35 AM
I have encountered these here in Japan up in the mountains. They are about as big as my thumb. A wasp that is as big around as my thumb. They are orange and black and very confrontational. If you see one, I suggest you nope out.
(https://i.imgur.com/mREhe28.jpg)
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: toku on May 03, 2020, 10:38:55 AM
niccas get stung everyday b
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Tripon on May 03, 2020, 02:14:44 PM
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xNY63D9fXt0/maxresdefault.jpg)

Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: EchoRin on May 03, 2020, 02:17:53 PM
UGLY!
Perish from this world.
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: thisismyusername on May 03, 2020, 03:58:54 PM
I have encountered these here in Japan up in the mountains. They are about as big as my thumb. A wasp that is as big around as my thumb. They are orange and black and very confrontational. If you see one, I suggest you nope out.
(https://i.imgur.com/mREhe28.jpg)

Looks plastic-y.
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: CatsCatsCats on May 03, 2020, 04:48:08 PM
Me, 10 minutes after finding one of these

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzx1lTGZeQ
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: chronovore on May 03, 2020, 07:07:38 PM
I have encountered these here in Japan up in the mountains. They are about as big as my thumb. A wasp that is as big around as my thumb. They are orange and black and very confrontational. If you see one, I suggest you nope out.
(https://i.imgur.com/mREhe28.jpg)

Looks plastic-y.

Yeah, that one is a toy. The 4 laid across the hand are legit.
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: nachobro on May 03, 2020, 10:21:44 PM
The 4 laid across the hand are legit.
fuck that shit what the fuck
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: HardcoreRetro on May 04, 2020, 11:26:09 AM
I remember these back from the google video days. They had some japanese bug fight videos or some crap and these and the giant centipedes basically murdered anything that went up against it.

You guys have fun!
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: thisismyusername on May 04, 2020, 12:12:29 PM
I remember these back from the google video days. They had some japanese bug fight videos or some crap and these and the giant centipedes basically murdered anything that went up against it.

You guys have fun!

You think we won't put them on a boat and send them across the Atlantic to invade Europe a la 28 Weeks Later? :doge
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: MMaRsu on May 04, 2020, 02:45:30 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/oENuB8L.jpg)

Prepare to be penetrated, oniichan.

Wheres the stinger?
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: Akala on May 04, 2020, 11:35:24 PM
https://imgur.com/a/NdYFdQG
Title: Re: Japanese murder hornets are now invading the US
Post by: OnlyRegret on May 04, 2020, 11:51:01 PM
im not clicking that, punkass