Pretty sure I saw one of those while on vacation at a camp grounds in NY about 5+ years ago, maybe longer. It was stuck in the swimming pool and freaking huge.

Damn. I'm wondering if a 12-ga is enough gun for one of those bastards.

I think The Oatmeal said it best:

Is 5.56 sufficient or do these require 7.62?

You'll need AP.

Their exoskeletons serve as armor against the stingers of honeybees. However, honeybees in Japan have developed a strategy where they surround the animal until their body temperature rises above their survival level. American bees probably don't know how to do this.

Reminds me of the scene in Peter Jackson's King Kong remake, where they're shooting the giant bugs with a Tommy gun.

Yet another "gift" from fucking China.

they are here in VA.

I argued with our pest guy. He kept telling me it was a european hornet. I have seen euro hornets also. They are not nearly as big. Then found one on my truck winshield for him. It was the length of my thumb. about 2.5 inches long. Big mofo's.

They probably originated from Japan, where they are much more populous, but no-one is sure how they came to the US.

I remember seeing this video about these insect terrors some years back here on SF.

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
When I was in Southeast Asia working with some SF guys we learned the Meo (Hmong) tribesmen had a dirty trick for their enemies where they would take a nest of these damn things at night and plant it in their enemy's camp. There was hell to pay when the sun came up.

I find this story fascinating...insects used as a weapon against your enemies...it almost sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie.

China strikes the US again. There must be something we can send to China.

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Originally posted by iron chef:
I remember seeing this video about these insect terrors some years back here on SF.

That is stinging insect world medieval level melee violence right there.

There is only one way to fight a Giant Hornet...

...with a Super Hornet

Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUfw0TIL6P8

Very interesting, Mars. I’ll keep on my REPEL meantime. Jeez, I’m trying to get my kid to believe all bees aren’t out to get him. This frickin monster bee isn’t going to help.

Looks like a small bird! :-)

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Originally posted by Modern Day Savage:

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
When I was in Southeast Asia working with some SF guys we learned the Meo (Hmong) tribesmen had a dirty trick for their enemies where they would take a nest of these damn things at night and plant it in their enemy's camp. There was hell to pay when the sun came up.

I find this story fascinating...insects used as a weapon against your enemies...it almost sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie.

I think I was most impressed with the audacity of these fierce warriors to climb a towering tree in the jungle, bag a hornet's nest, and then sneak it into an enemy's camp. You use what you got. I also heard stories of them planting cobras and scorpions in people's beds. The Meos I came in contact with were still carrying homemade muzzle loaders.

Calling it "Asian" is racially insensitive and will lead to the targeting of Asian communities.

(Am I doing this right?)

That's what we get for joking about the locusts being next on the list this spring.

I live in the south. Between the wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, copperheads and other venomous/poisonous things I see in my yard in the summer, I’m not worried about me. Just worried about the bees.