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"I've already had some emails from people who think they've seen the Asian giant hornet in Wisconsin..."

"... but I'm convinced that they're seeing our own large wasps that live here, which are for the most part harmless... It's actually not highly likely that they'll ever be established in Wisconsin just based on where they live in Asia. They are not found in the kind of climate that you can find in Asia that's similar to Green Bay." Also: "They're really big hornets, OK, and they have a painful sting, but many, many more people die of honeybees in Japan and China and Asia than murder hornets."

WMTV quotes UW-Green Bay Nature Sciences Professor Michael Draney.

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robother म्हणाले...

If it only saves one life. Best to keep WI on total shutdown until we find another species that feeds on the Murder Hornets that can be imported.

Wince म्हणाले...

Funny meme...

Bees preparing for the Murder Hornets

Bob Boyd म्हणाले...

I think I saw some passing overhead. Do they fly in a V formation?

hombre म्हणाले...

What would the mediaswine do without college professors who have opinions they are willing to share about everything?

Well, maybe research.

pious agnostic म्हणाले...

Shouldn't we be calling them Kansas giant hornets since it's been established they originated in the US?

Nonapod म्हणाले...

AKAIK there hasn't yet been a hive/nest of these things found here in North America, just a couple solitary individuals that could've inadvertantly flew into a cargo container in Japan or whereever. And workers (which are all female) can lay unfertized eggs that can produce drones (males), but to produce more workers you need a queen.

tim maguire म्हणाले...

This is unsurprising. People are stupid. Even well-educated professional people who's job it is to look past the media hype to what's actually going on often do no better.

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

We may have to lock down until these monsters are eliminated. If it saves even one life, it will have been worth it.

Darkisland म्हणाले...

One more thing for the press to panic us over.

Or perhas I should say one more no-thing.

Remember killer bees? They were gonna kill us all!

Yeah, no.

John Henry

Fernandinande म्हणाले...

Maybe they saw a tarantula hawk, the New Mexico State Insect. The crazy dog tries to bite 'em.

Spiros म्हणाले...

I hope it's not like the emerald ash borer (also from Asia). I lost a couple big wonderful trees.

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

Ok, so the very first comment beat me to it.

Susan म्हणाले...

As I look out upon my snow-covered garden I take solace in the fact that it is an inhospitable environment for Murder Hornets.

So I have that going for me, which is nice.

tim in vermont म्हणाले...

Hornet queens are big and they are on the prowl for sites to build their hives right now. But my favorite story was the one from the NY Post with an insect guy who said we should be more worried about “zombie flies” than murder hornets. “Zombie flies”!

Bob Boyd म्हणाले...

I saw 'em again!
They were coming back the other way. At first I thought they were gonna just go over the hill and I thought, Good. Keep going. But then they circled around and landed on the lake.
They're probably just thirsty from flapping their wings. They probably won't hang around. Why would they? There's not much here to interest a even a small hornet...I don't think.

Nonapod म्हणाले...

Coyote Peterson says murder hornet stings are a little more painful than tarantula hawks. He rates the giant desert centipede as the most painful followed by the executioner wasp, bullet ant, then asian giant hornet.

Arashi म्हणाले...

They have found at least one nest in the Blaine Washington area (or maybe just over the Canadian border in the same area). The local (Washington and Canadian) bee keepers and authorites are concerned as they devastate bee hives as they use the dead bee carcass' for food for their embryonic young.

And we really need a healthy honey bee population, for our own health and welfare.

gerry म्हणाले...

I heard that these hornets carry Corona virus and can shed it while in flight. You have to maintain 20 feet hornet distancing to avoid infection.

It's true.

Roughcoat म्हणाले...

I, for one, welcome our Murder Hornet overlords.

Clayton Hennesey म्हणाले...

"Maybe they saw a tarantula hawk, the New Mexico State Insect. The crazy dog tries to bite 'em."

For those unfamiliar with insects, any large waspish-looking thing will probably be terrifying, but the solid black tarantula hawk resembles the Asian hornet far less than the equally solitary cicada killer

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

which, I suspect, may find itself in the same situations as a turban-wearer immediately after 9/11.

Bill, Republic of Texas म्हणाले...

Giant Asian Hornet

How racist.

Kevin म्हणाले...

I appreciate that they are so large. I hate fighting things that so small they are unaffected by shotguns.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

Repeating a link to a video of one of these Asians giant hornets killing a mouse here. So frankly, I don't think this UW-Mad professor knows what he's talking about.

WARNING: Very graphic video and the mouse suffers terribly.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

“ So frankly, I don't think this UW-Mad professor knows what he's talking about.”

What are you referring to? I suspect you misread something.

And he’s not at Uw-Madison.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

I suspect you misread something.

I’m certain you’re right.

Fernandinande म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Lurker21 म्हणाले...


"They're really big hornets, OK, and they have a painful sting, but many, many more people die of honeybees in Japan and China and Asia than murder hornets."

That is what they said about "regular flu" and Covid-19.

Start hunkering.

robother म्हणाले...

Don't be a Murder Hornet denier!

Readering म्हणाले...

Gruesome video of mouse attack. I prefer the graphic praying mantis video.

Inga म्हणाले...

Public Service Announcement

Drinking bug spray won’t protect you from the murder hornets.

FullMoon म्हणाले...

Public Service Announcement

Drinking bug spray won’t protect you from the murder hornets.


Must be injected, DUH!

Meade म्हणाले...

Rectally. Double DUH!

Achilles म्हणाले...

When people die of a bee sting it is one or a few stings and anaphylactic shock.

When they are killed by Asian murder hornets it is painful mass attacks until the person dies.

Apples and oranges.

gbarto म्हणाले...

When thousands of people are dying from murder hornets in July, we will all look back on articles like this and wonder why the Trump administration didn't take this seriously when Trump was first briefed about murder hornets in April.

Inga म्हणाले...

To be safe, wear your head to toe heavy duty bee suit while outdoors, especially when jogging. Murder hornets target moving objects.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

@Inga, I have read that beekeeper suits do not protect one against this hornet’s sting. Apparently its stinger is long enough and sharp enough to poke right through.

MAJMike म्हणाले...

What's an effective 12 bore shotgun load for Asian Hornet? Asking for a friend.

mikee म्हणाले...

gbarto makes an interesting point, using murder wasps, about prognosticators.

What is not being done right now, by Trump, by Pelosi, by Biden, that in 3 months or six months will seem with 20/20 hindsight to have been obviously necessary? Make your prediction, we'll check back and see who was right.