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RFClark
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Can anyone identify this hornet it’s 2” long
One of the guys killed this yesterday here in Rancho Nuevo. He said he’s never seen anything like it in the years he’s lived here.
We have the body!
 
Anyone else think it looks like this picture of a Murder Hornet?
[Edited on 9-10-2022 by RFClark]
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David K
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Called a 'Murder Hornet', it kills honey bees, just another gift from China... PC crowd changed the common name to 'Asian Giant Hornet': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet
https://www.livescience.com/murder-hornet
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/just-how-dangerou...
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Internet tells me that murder hornet has mostly yellow head and final (butt) segment is yellow….
Woke!
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they come over in containers....
do you have a container?
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RFClark
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B&S
The containers are from Mexico and were empty for a long time. Mexico doesn’t have any of these according to everything I can find!
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Quote: Originally posted by David K  | | Called a 'Murder Hornet', it kills honey bees, just another gift from China... PC crowd changed the common name to 'Asian Giant Hornet':
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Yet, no outrage about Dutch Elm Disease? 
John
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Ya, may be different... But the overall size seems to match? I don't care to have giant poisonous flying insects around! The Tarantula Hawk is as big
as I care to ever see!
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I'll wager that prior to the "flabrador deceiver" descending the golden escalator he never gave a thought to the Chinese.
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John Harper
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| Quote: Originally posted by pacificobob |
I'll wager that prior to the "flabrador deceiver" descending the golden escalator he never gave a thought to the Chinese. |
I'm sure the only issue was Egg Flower or Hot/Sour soup?
John
[Edited on 9-11-2022 by John Harper]
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Back in the 80's while camping for a couple of wintertime months at Pescadero, I was riding my moto to town and one of these hornets? lodged onto my
upper thigh and bam!
It swelled up to the size of a softball and inspired me to go into town to the local doctor for some relief. Thankfully whatever he did worked.
This was long before the murder hornets made it to the west coast. There was a name for these little monsters back then, not so little when they get
you, but the name escapes me at the moment.
I learned to wear tight fitting shorts around my thighs to keep those buggers out of my private areas when riding my moto. I was not a racer by far
and never had all the gear besides a helmet, and used the moto for grocery shopping and exploring every little trail to beach I could find looking for
that special secret break between Pescadero and Cabo. There were a couple of finds that did not trespass on private land. Those are long gone by now.
That king sized hornet that got me was a beast in many unwelcome ways. Glad it was a one time thing. Some local will know the name.
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I think it might be a Common Paper Wasp.
https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.php?...
I'm an entomology bug.
John
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John,
I think you’re right. If you hear hooves your first thought shouldn’t be Zebras unless you’re in Africa!
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i think you are right too... but...
a Chinese developed paper wasp from Wuhan...
and was eating cardboard boxes in a container
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B&S,
I have a friend (excellent digital engineer) named Mike Lyons. He believes strongly in Alien Abduction. In fact he believes that they follow him
around. Are you guys members of any of the same chat groups?
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| Quote: Originally posted by lencho |
Or those damn Chinese computers which they forced us to buy (and which most of us are reading this on).  |
The only thing that is - kind of - correct in this statement, is that we, as consumers, are forced. We have no other choice now, all computers are
made in the 3rd world, mostly China. There is quite a bit of outrage about China trying to dominate everywhere, not to mention the means they're using
for this. But this ship has already sailed, should've thought about it 30-40 years ago.
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From the pro!
“ That's a cicada killer, not a hornet at all - only very distantly related. There are two species in Baja (Sphecius convallis and Sphecius
grandis), and they are nearly identical, so I can't tell which one this is from these photos. As they name implies, they hunt cicadas, and can be
found just about everywhere in North America.”
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| Quote: Originally posted by RFClark | John,
I think you’re right. If you hear hooves your first thought shouldn’t be Zebras unless you’re in Africa! |
Zebras? My first thoughts would be of Unicorns!
John
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cicada killer doesnt look like the bug you posted
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They do look pretty different and the Cicada Killers are found predominantly east of the Rockies.
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so now I'm back to believing it's a Chinese bug
that arrived in a Chinese container eating boxes
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