Sedalia Dave Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Murder Hornets that is. Washington state bug hunters find first ever Asian giant 'murder hornets' nest in US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Did they come from Wuhan Province? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Interesting line from the article -- "Three of the trapped hornets were tagged with radio trackers and one of those led entomologists back to its nest Thursday morning, officials said." Tagged with radio transmitters? Seriously? I know electronics has gotten small, and these things are big, but . . . tagged with radio transmitters!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Ozark Huckleberry said: Interesting line from the article -- "Three of the trapped hornets were tagged with radio trackers and one of those led entomologists back to its nest Thursday morning, officials said." Tagged with radio transmitters? Seriously? I know electronics has gotten small, and these things are big, but . . . tagged with radio transmitters!!?? Believe it or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 6 hours ago, Ozark Huckleberry said: Interesting line from the article -- "Three of the trapped hornets were tagged with radio trackers and one of those led entomologists back to its nest Thursday morning, officials said." Tagged with radio transmitters? Seriously? I know electronics has gotten small, and these things are big, but . . . tagged with radio transmitters!!?? You ought to see my new implanted pacemaker: about the size of a .22 LR cartridge, no external wiring nor evidence of the device, a 12.5 year (estimated) battery life, micro-processor and two sensors. The world of micros is getting smaller by the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Did they come out with the Chinese murder hornets because the African killer bees didn't pan out as well as they were hoping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 12 hours ago, Ozark Huckleberry said: Interesting line from the article -- "Three of the trapped hornets were tagged with radio trackers and one of those led entomologists back to its nest Thursday morning, officials said." Tagged with radio transmitters? Seriously? I know electronics has gotten small, and these things are big, but . . . tagged with radio transmitters!!?? According to the news locally, that is prezactly what they did. Be interesting to see what happens in the Spring, when they come out of hibernation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 On NPR they said they got baited them with jelly!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Murder hornets vacuumed from Washington hive by space-suited bug pros https://nypost.com/2020/10/24/murder-hornets-vacuumed-from-washington-hive-by-bug-pros/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Why do I get the feeling this is just another sensational thing the media spins to get people excited for no damned reason but to further their manipulative horse s#l£. When I was a kid copperheads were mating with black snakes...We’re all gonna die! Fire ants are going to take over the south...We’re all gonna die! Kudzu was gonna snuff out all vegetation in the southern USA...We’re all gonna die! Pit Bulls! Pit Bulls, the most evil creatures alive will kill everyone!...We’re all gonna die! Killer bees will invade the USA, they should be to Canada by now...We’re all gonna die! Now we have “murder hornets” - Asian Giant Hornets...We’re all gonna die! Check this out...before we all die. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-hornet-mosquito-disease-death-millions/#app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I thought the Murder Hornets was a joke. If you Yanks arent careful you are going to have bigger and badder bugs and animals than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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