'Murder hornets' have arrived in the U.S. — here's what you should know...

[Oregon Viking]

Rewire this for a 9 volt battery, literally blows yellow jackets up!

 

[Clad2Silver]

Murder hornets, killer bees, fire ants..........it's enough to drive us buggy. Anyone here remember the 1954 movie "THEM" about the giant ants that invaded the US ?

 

[smokeythecat]

And don't try to get them with a lot of street lights on or with a full moon.

 

[KEYSHUNTER]

well were looking foward to Genetically Modified Mosquitoes for release in April down here in some experamental run thats been rejected by other countries.....??

 

[crashbandicoot]

.177 caliber air rifle will do the trick too,if you don,t mind getting them one at a time.I use mine on big old red wasps when they start building their nests in the spring.It,s less efficient than a can of wasp spray but more satisfying spiritually if you get my drift.

 

[Jon Phillips]

Unless there is another type of giant hornet with a body the size of your index finger...they have been in Florida for a long time. We went to look at a house for sale in an area south of Plant City 20 years ago. There were giant hornets buzzing all over the back yard, and lighting on the house. The woman selling the house said they never bothered her, and she even mowed over their nest in the ground with no problems. I swell up with a regular wasp sting, so I wasn't interested in a property full of hornets the size Hot Wheels cars...

 

[Jon Phillips]

.177 caliber air rifle will do the trick too,if you don,t mind getting them one at a time.I use mine on big old red wasps when they start building their nests in the spring.It,s less efficient than a can of wasp spray but more satisfying spiritually if you get my drift.

You can get them all at once with one of theses...

https://www.airgundepot.com/umarex-legends-mp40-ultimate-combo.html

 

[ticndig]

Unless there is another type of giant hornet with a body the size of your index finger...they have been in Florida for a long time. We went to look at a house for sale in an area south of Plant City 20 years ago. There were giant hornets buzzing all over the back yard, and lighting on the house. The woman selling the house said they never bothered her, and she even mowed over their nest in the ground with no problems. I swell up with a regular wasp sting, so I wasn't interested in a property full of hornets the size Hot Wheels cars...

you most likely saw cicada killers which are harmless unless you're a Cicada.

 

[ARC]

I thought i saw one today !

But it was just another mosquito.

Yep.. we get some big ones.

ITs the "Florida State Bird". heh

And our "Florida State Flower" is the sandspur.

:P

 

[Jon Phillips]

you most likely saw cicada killers which are harmless unless you're a Cicada.View attachment 1907788

Well....with the current climate on killer hornets....I expect a lot of cicada killers to get blown up with various sized sticks of dynamite...

 

[ticndig]

I thought i saw one today !

But it was just another mosquito.

Yep.. we get some big ones.

ITs the "Florida State Bird". heh

And our "Florida State Flower" is the sandspur.

:P

The Crain fly is often thought to be a big Mosquito and is called a skeeter hawk , they don't bite though.

 

[ARC]

I cannot stand mosquitoes... they do suck... literally.

Blood sucking vermin they are.

Florida has no shortage of em.

 

[ticndig]

When I lived in a urban area the skeeters were horrible , they were even worse at a friends house in town . I now live in a very rural area with a river out my back door , many creeks , a large marsh and thousands of forested acres and I haven't seen a skeeter in two years. BUT there's enough deer and horse flies to drive you nuts and draw blood too!

 

[Tedyoh]

Well....with the current climate on killer hornets....I expect a lot of cicada killers to get blown up with various sized sticks of dynamite...

Cicada Killers don't live together / in swarms or hives, they are solitaire, so a firecracker will probably do the trick....save the Dynamite for those hummingbirds with stingers...that's what they look like in flight, small hummingbirds.....

 

[pa plateau hiker]

I cannot stand mosquitoes... they do suck... literally.

Blood sucking vermin they are.

Florida has no shortage of em.

I pity you AARC. Mosquitos don't bother me at all. I might get bit 2 times a year, and it's usually not til late September. Never at all the whole summer.

 

[dts52]

Does anything good come out of Asia ?

Chinese take-out food.
dts

 

[Swaveab]

I pity you AARC. Mosquitos don't bother me at all. I might get bit 2 times a year, and it's usually not til late September. Never at all the whole summer.

I invite you to Western Pa where in my backyard after sunrise or around sunset and you will be eaten alive by those little pests. I've not seen many regular bees around here for a few years, but plenty of stink bugs. Thanks Asia. As of late the stink bug population has dwindled and without any natural enemies I'm thinking an imported predator like the murder hornet could be killing them off. Maybe?

 

[Tedyoh]

Does anything good come out of Asia ?

Explosives

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Does anything good come out of Asia ?

Some of the most beautiful women in the world are Asian...

 

[pa plateau hiker]

I invite you to Western Pa where in my backyard after sunrise or around sunset and you will be eaten alive by those little pests. I've not seen many regular bees around here for a few years, but plenty of stink bugs. Thanks Asia. As of late the stink bug population has dwindled and without any natural enemies I'm thinking an imported predator like the murder hornet could be killing them off. Maybe?

Years ago when our kids were younger, we would spend a week camping at Pymatuning. No matter how much bug repellant my daughter sprayed on, she was bit constantly by mosquitos. She had welts from head to toe. The mosquitos never bothered me. On the other hand, gnats always attack me, but other people are not bothered by them.