I Think i saw this Guy in My Yard Today

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Originally Posted by W5RB

To hell with what he is , what the hell's he drinkin' thru that straw ?

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Well, if he was drinking from a straw it would most likely be liquefied bee lara, or liguefied flesh to feed to his/her brood.

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Originally Posted by rot

I have had nest of giant hornets (not sure if it was that exact specie or not) in a apple tree bout 200 or feet from the house. A couple would buzz the house once in a while and these mofos were big.
They never bothered us at all. Sort of like heavy horses, I found them to be a non-threat, of course we didn't go ballastic when we saw them...Gave them their space and such.
I do know one thing. They love beer. Saw a many head for an open beer on the deck and walk right in the can. We invoked glass only beer containers since cause the thought of slamming a beer with a hornet swimming in it would be a definite buzz kill.
For loss of taxonomic expertise we just refered to them as Japanese Hornets and they were not bad neighbors.
We just left the nest alone and now they have disappeared. Have not seen one in years.
I have been hassled more by the damn yellow jackets in the pant leg type of thing.
rot

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Well, anything that likes beer can't be all bad.

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Watch also for this variety , known to keep close company with an Asian on occasion .

Funny, I think I saw this guy in my yard today:

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The giant bee eating dog I posted will take care of it.

Pretty sure I saw one here in Norwalk. But only one, maybe two, and only on one day. One that was spotted crawled out from under a rock.

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The stinger of the Asian giant hornet is about 6 mm (¼ in) in length,,,,

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Yikes!!!!

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The hornets can devastate a colony of honey bees: a single hornet can kill as many as 40 honey bees per minute thanks to its large mandibles which can quickly strike and decapitate a bee. It takes only a few of these hornets a few hours to exterminate the population of a 30,000-member hive, leaving a trail of severed insect heads and limbs. The European honey bees Apis mellifera have small stings which do little damage to hornets that are five times their size and twenty times their weight. The honey bees make futile solo attacks without mounting a collective defense, and are easily killed individually by the hornets. Once a hive is emptied of all defending bees, the hornets feed on the honey and carry the larvae back to feed to their own larvae. The hornets can fly up to 100 kilometres (62 mi) in a single day, at speeds of up to 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph)[11]

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Wonder how big a factor these guys are in the general disappearance of honey bees?

More than likely, what you saw was an Eastern Cicada Killer. See here.

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Originally Posted by W3MIV

More than likely, what you saw was an Eastern Cicada Killer. See here.

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Thanks, Albi. Yep...that fits a lot better with what I saw...especially since about that time I saw a dead cicada that looked like it had been eaten.

Whew! I'd much rather have these guys than that nasty guy from Asia!

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Originally Posted by n2ize

Yikes !! I think I saw this guy flying in my yard today not more then 2 or 3 feet away from me !!

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To my best knowledge this guy is not supposed to live anywhere near here. But what I saw fits the description perfectly with regards to size, markings, etc.

More here,,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet

Anyone else see these in the United States ?

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I wondered where I left that thing. Did it still have on its choke collar?

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Originally Posted by W3MIV

More than likely, what you saw was an Eastern Cicada Killer. See here.

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Possibly but what I saw was a lot bigger than the cicada killer.