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then a human comes by and sprays the whole next and everything around it with insecticide.
 
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Originally posted by: Crazymofo

are hornets the same as bees cause thats what landed 2" from my face not a bee...
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Bees and hornets are NOT the same. Hornet are like bees on super-steroids.
 
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At my parent's house, each summer two different types of ants go to war.

There are bigger black ones and smaller red ones. They battle all over the driveway and all over the garage. After the battle there are hundreds of dead ants all over the drive. They even carry away the dead.

I'll post pics the next time it happens.
 
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Originally posted by: brigden
At my parent's house, each summer two different types of ants go to war.

There are bigger black ones and smaller red ones. They battle all over the driveway and all over the garage. After the battle there are hundreds of dead ants all over the drive. They even carry away the dead.

I'll post pics the next time it happens.
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Cool. I love ant wars!
 
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sharkeeper

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Not at all.

That's an European Hornet and they are extremely docile.

They made a nest in the attic of the neighbor's house and they used to fly around the metal halide lights outside. These hornets are strange that they fly at night. They are HUGE and you can hear their buzzing at quite a distance. If you are afraid of them NEVER shine a flashlight at the nest as they will fly right at you quickly! :Q

Impinge upon their nest entrance, and the scouts will alert the colony and you better be prepared! Their retaliation can be fatal if you cannot get away quickly enough. Mature colonies will have over 1000 members. These hornets have massive and powerful mandibles (jaws) and could sever a CAT5 cable instantly. One chewing on your finger would probably be worse than their sting!

We had them flying around our patio checking out our dinner on many evenings two summers ago. I really didn't mind them because they are very peaceful. My wife HATES bugs so she freaks out easily and wanted the nest removed. I left it alone and they were gone by December.

The cicadas are expected this year in a week! :Q

Cheers!
 
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Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Jebus, that was just as bad as the slaughter at Wolf 359 :p
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I wonder why my geek detector just went off the scale?













Prolly cuz I knew WTF you were talking about. LoL!!!
 
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Originally posted by: shuttleteam
lady = own3d
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Not at all.

That's an European Hornet and they are extremely docile.

They made a nest in the attic of the neighbor's house and they used to fly around the metal halide lights outside. These hornets are strange that they fly at night. They are HUGE and you can hear their buzzing at quite a distance. If you are afraid of them NEVER shine a flashlight at the nest as they will fly right at you quickly! :Q

Impinge upon their nest entrance, and the scouts will alert the colony and you better be prepared! Their retaliation can be fatal if you cannot get away quickly enough. Mature colonies will have over 1000 members. These hornets have massive and powerful mandibles (jaws) and could sever a CAT5 cable instantly. One chewing on your finger would probably be worse than their sting!

We had them flying around our patio checking out our dinner on many evenings two summers ago. I really didn't mind them because they are very peaceful. My wife HATES bugs so she freaks out easily and wanted the nest removed. I left it alone and they were gone by December.

The cicadas are expected this year in a week! :Q

Cheers!
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how many hornet stings does it take to kill a human?
 
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poor bee's, i like bees. takes something like their entire life to make 1/4th of a teaspoon of honey for me.
 
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the hornets in the video from Japan are ONLY found in Japan - these are not your everyday hornets - the hornets in Japan can SHOOT venom, which has a blinding effect on the victim - these things kill a dozen people or so each year - they are the most dangerous insect on the planet in terms of being aggressive towards people - they defend their home big time....their sting is also venomous
 
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how many hornet stings does it take to kill a human?
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For some people just one sting can be lethal. It varies from person to person. Luckily I am not allergic to stings!

Story time!

Many years ago during a firewood harvest I had a log roll down a hill and the end went into a yellow jacket's nest. In southern PA they make their nests in the ground.

I didn't see the danger until I pulled the log out and the bottom was "carpeted" with yellow bees! (I cut the logs roughly truck bed length to haul back to the farm house for sawing stove length and splitting) Despite running frantically, I was stung from my ankles to my nuts, over 20 stings in all! The venom did have an effect on my balance and vision and I was in top physical condition at the time. The doctors said that was what probably saved my life or prevented a complication developing.

That has to be my worst encounter with insects, and I hope it isn't repeated.

It should be an interesting next few weeks with these cicada's as both of my dogs will probably be eating dozens of them a day and they will be getting in the house, etc.

They are quite harmless and totally incapable of inflicting any kind of pain to people but my wife is terrified of them because of their looks and size. I'll have to keep all my shotgun shells out of site so the house doesn't get shot up! :Q

Cheers!
 
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thomsbrain

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if this video is real, does anyone want to explain how they strapped a camera to the back of a hornet for that shot at the beginning?
 
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Originally posted by: thomsbrain
if this video is real, does anyone want to explain how they strapped a camera to the back of a hornet for that shot at the beginning?
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perhaps footage from another video.
 
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