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Scientists find dead ‘murder hornet’ near Seattle, 1st in the U.S. this year
KTLA ^ | Jun 16, 2021

Posted on 06/16/2021 8:19:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway

In this Oct. 24, 2020 file photo a Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest, in Blaine, Wash. Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the state this year, federal and state investigators said Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson,File) In this Oct. 24, 2020 file photo a Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest, in Blaine, Wash. Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the state this year, federal and state investigators said Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson,File)

Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet discovered in the country this year, federal and state investigators said Wednesday.

Entomologists from the state and U.S. Agriculture departments said it’s the first confirmed report from Snohomish County, north of Seattle, and appears to be unrelated to the 2019 and 2020 findings of the hornets in Canada and Whatcom County, along the Canadian border, that gained widespread attention.

The 2-inch-long (5-centimeter-long) invasive insects, first found near the U.S.-Canadian border in December 2019, are native to Asia and pose a threat to honeybees and native hornet species. While not particularly aggressive toward humans, their sting is extremely painful and repeated stings, though rare, can kill.


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: hornets; seattle; washington
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1 posted on 06/16/2021 8:19:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Probably died of a drug overdose flying through the pot and drug infested air which permeates the city..


2 posted on 06/16/2021 8:21:25 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: nickcarraway

Eco-terriorism.


3 posted on 06/16/2021 8:22:20 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: nickcarraway

Maybe it committed suicide.


4 posted on 06/16/2021 8:22:20 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (-The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: nickcarraway

I mean it is a murder hornet after all.


5 posted on 06/16/2021 8:23:55 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (-The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: nickcarraway

“While not particularly aggressive toward humans, their sting is extremely painful and repeated stings, though rare, can kill”.

Sounds like a whole lotta fear mongering reporting done to me.


6 posted on 06/16/2021 8:25:42 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: nickcarraway

Evidently, a lot of people are mistaking Cicadia killers for murder hornets. Cicadia killers are BIG.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/murder-hornet-or-cicada-killer-heres-what-to-look-for-to-stay-safe/ar-BB18r2cl


7 posted on 06/16/2021 8:26:20 PM PDT by eastexsteve
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Let me guess..two bullets to the back of the head
What did this hornet have on the Clintons


8 posted on 06/16/2021 8:27:43 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: PROCON

“Probably died of a drug overdose flying through the pot and drug infested air which permeates the city..”

In Blaine?

LOL

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=Awr9Duciwcpgi5IAVRpXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZANDMTg2M18xBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=blaine+washington&fr2=piv-web&fr=jnazafzv


9 posted on 06/16/2021 8:29:09 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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No prob. We don’t need high tech. Just lots of 💩.

https://scitechdaily.com/honey-bees-use-animal-dung-to-fend-off-giant-murder-hornets/amp/


10 posted on 06/16/2021 8:29:32 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Maybe he is part of the crew behind the Clinton count and was about to confess?


11 posted on 06/16/2021 8:30:49 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (-The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: nickcarraway

And the COVID death meter increments by one more


12 posted on 06/16/2021 8:33:44 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: Beowulf9

no, it really is a big deal.

if the murder hornets can be killed before they get established then it will save probably 100s of millions of dollars in ecological damage when they spread and kill all the honey bees.

Just think, if the Chinese had contained and destroyed all the sars-covid viruses before they escaped into the wild.

it may be too late already though.


13 posted on 06/16/2021 8:33:51 PM PDT by algore
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To: nickcarraway

The local news said it was very desiccated, might have been from last year.


14 posted on 06/16/2021 8:36:52 PM PDT by Spok (There are many more things that frighten us than can cause us harm.)
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In Blaine? LOL

C-mon man, you know it's FReeper protocol to only comment on the thread headline!

15 posted on 06/16/2021 8:37:49 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: nickcarraway

Dead from exposure to unleashed liberalism!


16 posted on 06/16/2021 8:40:04 PM PDT by Rembrandt (-a sure sign a Dem is lying - his lips are moving.)
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To: algore

If I didn’t know you already I would call you out for no sarcasm tag.


17 posted on 06/16/2021 8:40:47 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (-The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: nickcarraway

I never had a Murder Hornet.


18 posted on 06/16/2021 8:51:45 PM PDT by Eddie01
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Oh no. I live in Eastern WAand am extremely sensitive to stings. Extremely. Plus, my cat is probably at risk too. Somebody please murder the murder hornets. NOW


19 posted on 06/16/2021 8:53:43 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Eddie01
I never had a Murder Hornet.

What about a killer bee?


20 posted on 06/16/2021 8:55:13 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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