Posted on 06/17/2021 11:13:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
SPOKANE, Wash. -- 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.
The world’s largest hornet is much more of a threat to honeybees that are relied on to pollinate crops. They attack hives, destroying them in mere hours and decapitating bees in what scientists call their “slaughter phase.” How they got here from Asia is unclear, although it is suspected they travel on cargo ships.
“Hitchhikers are a side effect of all the commerce we do globally,” said Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the state Agriculture Department who is leading the fight to eradicate the hornets.
In the latest sighting, a resident found the dead hornet on his lawn near the city of Marysville and reported it June 4 to the state agency. Entomologists retrieved it June 8, reporting that it was very dried out and a male hornet.
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Hmmmm. You don’t think that maybe the MH brought the CV over here do ya? :-}
Quick! Someone call the FBI.
I read the reports on this, and it seemed weird.
the state guy said that it was like it died somewhere else and was dropped in the yard, and the genetics are not similar to other ones found here.
It is not like they are hard to get, I bought one on ebay a while ago.
Regardless, we need to eradicate this things with extreme prejudice
Hopefully they’ve got a taste for progressive flesh....
Quick...someone give the government more power!
It paid the ultimate price for having too much info on the Clintons..RIP murder hornet
Only if the murder hornet is white, otherwise they wont bother
yes,
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=murder+hornet&_sacat=0
Maybe it was a plant, to get funding for some state department of Ag or similar............
Another senseless Covid death........................
I thought the murder hornets were the vectors carrying the dreaded CV-19 yellow death virus.
Hopefully they are confined to Seattle.
The Wa dept of AG is taking these very seriously from what I can tell.
If it was a plant, whoever did it had a good idea for getting them back in the public eye at the right time.
What is the point of having “fake news” if you can’t put it to good use.
It’s the equivalent of a fake noose...............
I am not sure I would try to argue that the fake noose was for a good cause.
but it did give rise to some interesting Smollet re-enactments i guess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5tDdn1nI5I
The ‘good cause’ was in the mind of the perpetrators.....................
it always is, and generally money is involved somehow
All hornets can kill other insects. The “murder” hornet is just bigher and faster in its killing. The term “murder hornet” is another example of journalistic dumbing down and trying to control the narrative.
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