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

[Mekaniks]

 

[sestoppelman]

'Murder hornet': First nest found in US eradicated with vacuum hose

The Asian giant hornets can wipe out a colony of honeybees in hours.

www.yahoo.com

YEA!!!!!!!!!!!! Evil bastards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Took them out less than an hour north of me.

 

[Brent in Az]

'Murder hornet': First nest found in US eradicated with vacuum hose

The Asian giant hornets can wipe out a colony of honeybees in hours.

www.yahoo.com

YEA!!!!!!!!!!!! Evil bastards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Took them out less than an hour north of me.

I saw that article. Guy in a space suit sucked up a whole tube of those sinister little buggers.

 

[sestoppelman]

Yeah the suits they wore were specially made to resist the stings which can defeat the usual bee outfits quite easily, they have a quarter inch long stinger and can sting multiple times.
One thing I don't get and have not seen any mention of it, is why they nested in a tree 8' off the ground? Apparently they are usually a ground nesting bug, using holes often left by small critters and rodents etc., at least in Asia.
I thought maybe climate but I don't think there is much difference between the climate in western WA and the Pacific coastal regions of Asia, both are fairly moderate, often wet climates.

 

[Brent in Az]

Looks like they have a small army of Hornet Hunters looking for more

 

[sestoppelman]

Believe this was taken the day of the raid on the nest. However it seems likely there are more out there.

 

[Brent in Az]

Not sure when the pic was taken, but I saw an article today, that stated they were going back out to look for more nests?

 

[sestoppelman]

It could well be, as I said its likely there are more of the buggers around. They might have to hook up some more of them and ping them back to more nests!