If the new coronavirus doesn't cause enough panic, you can quickly create new fears.
That's what some US media seemed to think, whose articles were then implemented without much fuss in this country, seasoned of course with the right keywords: Giant killer hornets that bite the heads off of bees!
It is reported that Asian giant hornets were spotted for the first time in the USA. The largest hornet in the world, measuring 5 centimeters, bites off the heads of bees, beekeepers report. The hornet species was said to have been spotted in Washington state in December and is now active again.
this difference at the very end, insufficiently or not at all .
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No giant hornets were found at all!
The only truth is that actually appeared in Washington state in December 2019.
reported New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station among others Although several insects found were submitted to the institutes, none of the specimens submitted were identified as Asian giant hornets.
Insects were confused
One reason is probably the confusion between the Asian giant hornet and the cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus). These very large wasps are found all over the USA, are solitary creatures, bury themselves in the ground and look dangerous, but rarely come into contact with people.
The males of these insects have no stinger at all; the females have a tubular storage structure on their butts, which can also serve as a weak stinger.
Summary
Last year, this giant hornet, whose name given by the press “Killer Hornet” is quite lurid, was actually spotted in Washington state.
This year there have been no sightings at all, so the Asian giant hornet, which prefers to live in temperate and tropical climate zones, cannot appear in this country soon.
Article image: Shutterstock / By Dustin Rhoades
Also interesting: Three years ago there were articles about a “giant” hornet from Asia – which is smaller than our native hornet
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