murder hornets
Giant Asian stingers
Murder hornets is a sensational name for the Asian giant hornet, a species native to East Asia that became an invasive threat in North America around 2020.
The name comes from their aggressive attacks on honeybee colonies, which they can destroy in hours.
They're the world's largest hornets and can deliver painful stings, though "murder" overstates the danger to humans: The news kept warning about murder hornets, but I never saw one.
- stingerVenom-injecting body part
- waspNarrow-bodied stinging insect
- mandiblesPaired arthropod mouthparts
- painBodily or emotional distress
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