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Whoa this sucks: "Murder hornet" arrives in North America

Started By OhNoNotAgain , May 2 2020 11:39 AM

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#121 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 9 2020 - 8:01 PM

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I actually caught one of these today 😐😐😐😐I believe it was a queen.


Yeah, no you didn't lol. You probably caught the smaller and less aggressive V. crabro. I see them everywhere around here. Not a threat to humans. Their stings are about 2-3x worse than a Carolina Paper Wasp (Polistes carolina) sting in my experience. I've only been stung when in direct physical contact with an individual, however.

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#122 Offline Manitobant - Posted November 10 2020 - 5:58 AM

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In the removal vid i found it crazy that they had to use f*cking hazmat suits
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#123 Offline ponerinecat - Posted November 10 2020 - 1:54 PM

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In the removal vid i found it crazy that they had to use f*cking hazmat suits

Hazmat suits are protection from hazardous materials, as the name clearly states. This means radiation, toxic waste and fumes, etc. Wasps hardly require suits like that. To me it just looks like they're using upgraded bee suits.


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#124 Offline Zeiss - Posted November 10 2020 - 2:41 PM

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The removal team wore the suits because they are thicker than the material used in bee suits.  These wasps have much larger stingers and more powerful mandibles than most removals require.


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#125 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted November 10 2020 - 4:09 PM

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Did you know that the European hornet I caught died, I cut off the stinger and was going to preserve it and I knelt on the floor around 2 hours later, the stinger got stuck in my pants and while I was watching tv I touched my pant leg and got stung :[ then venom but only a small bit got into me. And all because I cut off the stinger so I would get stung, turns out I got stung.
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#126 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 10 2020 - 4:51 PM

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Did you know that the European hornet I caught died, I cut off the stinger and was going to preserve it and I knelt on the floor around 2 hours later, the stinger got stuck in my pants and while I was watching tv I touched my pant leg and got stung :[ then venom but only a small bit got into me. And all because I cut off the stinger so I would get stung, turns out I got stung.

She would've died without her stinger anyway.


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#127 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted November 10 2020 - 4:59 PM

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Yes I know but still funny story.
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#128 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 11 2020 - 7:22 AM

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When fishing at Catalina, there were so many yellowjackets, and when I smashed one, I didn't even know that the stinger was on my leg. Luckily, I caught it in time.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#129 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted November 14 2020 - 4:37 PM

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Slightly sensationalistic headline, but:

 

"200 'murder hornet' queens found inside first US nest of this invasive insect"

 

The 200 count includes ones that were still pupating, though a few adults were caught in a bucket of water (which suggests some might have actually flown)....

 

https://www.livescie...-of-queens.html


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Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis, Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola, CA02

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, P. californicus (inactive)

Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive);  Lasius sp.

 

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis, and a box of drywood termites that can't be seen

Isopods: (most no longer keeping) A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus, P. pruinosus, T. tomentosa

Spoods: (no longer keeping) Phidippus sp., other

#130 Offline Spazmops - Posted November 14 2020 - 5:18 PM

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Thanks 2020, very cool


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#131 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 14 2020 - 6:35 PM

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Thanks 2020, very cool

Yes, thank you, 2020! I can now get a preserved Vespa manderinia queen to add to my collection!


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#132 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 17 2020 - 4:34 PM

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I actually caught one of these today I believe it was a queen.

hehe if you happen to find another hornet queen and want to sell it hmu, i probably will want to buy it :P


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