Oh great, 'Murder Hornets' have arrived in the U.S.

[Lucy Hamilton]

Well, 2020 just keeps getting more and more apocalyptical !
What's next, a CATS sequel ?

Tracking the ‘Murder Hornet’: A Deadly Pest Has Reached North America
Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations.

BLAINE, Wash. — In his decades of beekeeping, Ted McFall had never seen anything like it.
As he pulled his truck up to check on a group of hives near Custer, Wash., in November, he could spot from the window a mess of bee carcasses on the ground. As he looked closer, he saw a pile of dead members of the colony in front of a hive and more carnage inside — thousands and thousands of bees with their heads torn from their bodies and no sign of a culprit.
“I couldn’t wrap my head around what could have done that,” Mr. McFall said.
Only later did he come to suspect that the killer was what some researchers simply call the “murder hornet.”

‘Murder Hornets’ in the U.S.: The Rush to Stop the Asian Giant Hornet (Published 2020)

Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations.

www.nytimes.com

The plan is Permanent Lockdown, just in time for the drop in COVID-19 cases HERE come the Murder Hornets to keep the Permanent Lockdown in force

 

[skye]

 

[Leo123]

I hear they're good eatin' in the 'wet market.'

 

[Ame®icano]

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

That's incredible how the hornet's head is almost completely eaten away, but it is still trying desperately to sting.

 

[Ame®icano]

That's incredible how the hornet's head is almost completely eaten away, but it is still trying desperately to sting.

The hornet must be a liberal. Even with no control over situation, it's still trying to hurt everyone around.

 

[justinacolmena]

More fear mongering bullshit.

I saw one of those oversized bee / wasp insects in my car the other day, and shooed it out the window. Alaska, not Washington as reported by CNN.

Tweezers to pull out the stinger, ice for the pain if you need it, but this is Alaska. The mosquito bites are more painful and much, much worse than the bee stings.

Insect repellent, citronella, etc.

 

[Unkotare]

...

Tweezers to pull out the stinger, ice for the pain ...

How do you get the bee to hold still while you put ice on its ass?

 

[Roudy]

I saw this one violating social distancing laws yesterday...

 

[justinacolmena]

I saw one of these things flying around today, and I only got one good photo.

I've seen them before, years ago in the Lower 48, although they have not been as common in the past as they appear this year. It's a giant awkward-flying insect not aggressive at all. I wouldn't worry about it any more than a bumblebee.

 

[badger2]

has anyone tested these corksuckers?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Here in France, in summer, we have tiger mosquitoes and in addition will they be able to carry the coronavirus? The bite of a tiger mosquito can also transmit viruses.

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I now have them in my yard in NY, new arrival apparently