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The Japanese giant hornet is large and fearsome, but it is not particularly aggressive unless it feels threatened. It has a
venom which is injected from the 6.25 millimetres (0.246 in) stinger and attacks the
nervous system and damages tissues of its victims.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The
Japanese giant hornet (
Vespa mandarinia japonica), is a subspecies of the
Asian giant hornet (
V. mandarinia). It is a large insect and adults can be more than 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long, with a wingspan greater than 6 centimetres (2.4 in). It has a large yellow head with large eyes, and a dark brown thorax with an abdomen banded in brown and yellow. The Japanese giant hornet has three small, simple eyes on the top of the head between the two large
compound eyes. As the name implies it is endemic to the
Japanese islands, where it prefers rural areas where it can find trees to nest in.
[1] In Japan it is known as the
Oo-Suzumebachi (オオスズメバチ（大雀蜂、大胡蜂）?, literally "Giant Sparrow Bee").
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Although I've seen these before here, they haven't been around in a few years. I think it may have something to do with it being such a dry year. I hate them and try to keep the dogs away from them. The Pres was once stung by one on the top part of his hand. It was swollen and numb for days! They have been savoring the sugar water for my Hummingbirds as well as the sap on the apples.
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