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Giant Asian Hornet
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The Asian Giant Hornet, vespa mandarinia is a very large size wasp with a body length of 2.7 to 4.5 cm. The queens can reach up to 5.5 cms in length. This gigantic predator has a 6.35 mm stinger and those who had felt its sting describes that the pain is very painful and excruciating. 1 link and 1 pic after the jump. |
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These predators attack honey bees and ‘if a colony of about 30,000 European honeybees were to be attacked by 30 giant hornet bees, they would be wiped out in 3 hours.’
Source: Vespa Crabo
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April 22nd, 2007 at 2:15 am
Weird to have a comment like ‘if a colony of about 30,000 European honeybees were to be attacked by 30 giant hornet bees, they would be wiped out in 3 hours.’ as if that was a good analogy comparable to something else.
But the fact is that exactly that has happened and there is a full nature documentary film on it. It was really brutal seeing these killer bees going to town on the smaller, defenseless, European bees in a bee farm, chopping off their heads one by one.
A VERY cool doco! I recommend you see it if you find it. Think they showed it on ABC or SBS in Australia…?
April 24th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Frekin Freaky!!
August 9th, 2009 at 12:10 am
These are some badass insects. check out the vids of them on youtube. and the documentary is “hornets from hell” its from national geographic. Also….IRON MAIDEN IS THE BEST
July 19th, 2010 at 3:22 am
that is a monster! is it alive?
September 4th, 2011 at 5:13 am
I saw one of those big Hornets in Dyersburg Tennesse this week. The thing was bigger than a bic lighter !!!!