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Giant Asian hornet?
Jul 11, 2020 12:10:42 #
This very large insect which I believe is a Giant Asian hornet landed on my dad's hummingbird feeder. Shortly after a paper wasp also landed there. The hornet attacked the wasp biting it in half and dropping it to the ground.
Jul 11, 2020 12:22:57 #
Kill that thing as fast as you can, They can destroy a hive of honey bees in a very short period of time.
Jul 11, 2020 12:50:33 #
I hope the Asian killer hasn't made it to Illinois, with that in mind, I think it is a yellow jacket and they will attack wasps.
Jul 11, 2020 13:04:54 #
wmurnahan wrote:
I hope the Asian killer hasn't made it to Illinois, with that in mind, I think it is a yellow jacket and they will attack wasps.
Most everyone calls these yellow jackets but I don't believe this is a true yellow jacket.
Jul 11, 2020 13:10:57 #
Upon further research I found that the Giant Asian hornet is not in Illinois. My next guess would be the European hornet.
Jul 11, 2020 13:16:05 #
JRiepe wrote:
This very large insect which I believe is a Giant Asian hornet landed on my dad's hummingbird feeder. Shortly after a paper wasp also landed there. The hornet attacked the wasp biting it in half and dropping it to the ground.
Metropolis - I am from Ballard County Kentucky - now So California.
Jul 11, 2020 13:29:27 #
robertjerl wrote:
Metropolis - I am from Ballard County Kentucky - now So California.
I have family living in Ballard County, Bandana and Kevil. Small world.
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Jul 11, 2020 13:32:01 #
JRiepe wrote:
I have family living in Ballard County, Bandana and Kevil. Small world.
Barlow, 1963 grad of Ballard Memorial.
Jul 11, 2020 13:32:20 #
Jul 11, 2020 15:32:24 #
I wish I could see its back. It could be a Southern yellow jacket queen, which is larger and more orange than yellow.
I sent images to my local agricultural extension agent and he identified mine as a Southern yellow jacket queen.
NOT MY VIDEO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoLPsDF6qKI
I sent images to my local agricultural extension agent and he identified mine as a Southern yellow jacket queen.
NOT MY VIDEO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoLPsDF6qKI
Jul 11, 2020 17:26:16 #
Vespula squamosa is in Illinois. See page 61 for a range map:
https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/CAT82762500/PDF
https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/CAT82762500/PDF
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Jul 11, 2020 17:41:55 #
Longshadow wrote:
I wish I could see its back. It could be a Southern yellow jacket queen, which is larger and more orange than yellow.
I sent images to my local agricultural extension agent and he identified mine as a Southern yellow jacket queen.
NOT MY VIDEO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoLPsDF6qKI
I sent images to my local agricultural extension agent and he identified mine as a Southern yellow jacket queen.
NOT MY VIDEO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoLPsDF6qKI
Interesting video. Possibly this is a yellow jacket queen. Whatever it is it is quite large.
Jul 11, 2020 17:43:14 #
Jul 12, 2020 05:59:57 #
If I saw one over here, I would send my wife out immediately with a rolled up newspaper to whack it one.
Jul 12, 2020 06:34:23 #
AlanTN
Loc: Rogersville, Tennessee
JRiepe wrote:
This very large insect which I believe is a Giant Asian hornet landed on my dad's hummingbird feeder. Shortly after a paper wasp also landed there. The hornet attacked the wasp biting it in half and dropping it to the ground.
Look up European Hornet. I see them here in Tennessee from time to time, they have attitude!
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