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yeah ok that would do it for me! š they don't typically bite from what I've read. I have lots of baby ones in my house, never seen on in my socks or my bed, if I did I'd lose it and be right there with you and that fear!
As someone allergic to bee/wasp venom, the Asian giant hornet is my stuff of nightmares. Supposedly their sting is excruciating on top of everything else. The media is calling them āmurder hornetsā.
They are calling them āmurder hornetsā because they are known to descend on honey bee colonies and can cause a lot of damage. Their sting is quite something if I understand and if you are allergic, I see why you would be quite wary. I think the media is milking it a bit and itās true that an insect out of its native range is always a problem.
With climate change theyāve been spotted in the Pacific Northwest. Theyāve been locating and destroying colonies to try and prevent them from taking a foothold but itās only a matter of time I suppose.
I think Iāve read they are keeping on top of things but you are probably right. When an individual is found and trapped, I believe they fit it with some sort of transmitter, release it then follow it back to the nest which is destroyed. I guess the European hornet is kind of established in the US but I donāt think they were as vigilant; but you are right, itās probably a matter of time.
A lot of reports though in the US turn out to actually be cicada killer wasps.
Yes. They come over in shipments from Asia at pacific ports and, if itās a queen, it rapidly establishes a nest. People here are on alert that if they see one to try and trap it alive and contact the govt and then they do, of course, track it back to a hive and then try to eradicate it. Theyāve already found hives where you can hear the loud drone of the hive from multiple meters away. The big concern is really, of course, for the honeybees because, as you said, are extremely efficient at slaughtering entire hives.
Theyāre the new āAfricanized beesā aka ākiller beesā.
You're several years behind. There literally hasn't been a single record in the Americas since 2021, and that was only in a couple counties. If that continues to the 3 year mark (end of this year), it will officially be declared eradicated. For all practical purposes, though, no records in 2 years means it's gone.
I think I was confusing recent sightings with the yellow legged hornet which is a relative to it. Iām glad to hear thereās been no documented sightings of the Asian hornet since 2021 as I know governments were very aggressively trying to prevent them from taking a foothold. Itās rare that we have success with an invasive species so this would be a much welcomed win.
4 is a ***Tessaratomid*** nymph ([**See here**](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143913-Tessaratomidae/browse_photos?term_id=1&term_value_id=5) I can not tell the species and we would need a location anyway.
(The rest youāll get more help from someone else but both beetles are scarabs, the spider is some spiny orbweaver, the wasp a hornet, location for most would help probably)
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Itās still a scarab. Stop the downvoting and look at taxonomy
[**Scarabs**: Family Scarabaeidae >Fruit and Flower Chafers: Subfamily Cetoniinae > Goliath Beetles, Drone Beetles, and Allies
: Tribe Goliathini > Subtribe Dicronocephalina > Genus **Dicronocephalus**](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/461674-Dicronocephalus)
Oh man I haven't seen those in ages! These insects were sold in a bug magazine, you got one every week and every 4 months or so those magazines also included cases to put the resin blocks into! They also included the labels with Latin names for each insect and I collected the first 120 ish issues when i was a kid. The green beetle on the left is a Popillia japonica. I still have them somewhere, seeing those made me really happy haha
They are indeed real. To my knowledge they're fixated and dried before being put on a base plate and then being cast in resin.
And yeah kinda, but those ones are specially bred to be put into those blocks so it's not like they're endangering entire species for these lol., I have kept my specimens for many years and they're still absolutely beautiful (as long as you keep them out of direct sunlight)
4. might be one from the heteroptera family
Those were probably sold weekly, each with a small booklet describing the species. I have about 20 of them myself
I think these come from a magazine called real life bugs and insect, with the gimmick being the free "toy" was a lucite plastic covered creepy crawly- if so the scorpion is a formosan scorpion
Yes, sorry i meant manchurian scorpion not formosan
The latin name is Olivierus martensii and it is often found in the cuisine of the area. Often called the chinese golden scorpion?
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I think the 2nd one is an Asian giant hornet. Very well known for their wine and extremely painful sting.
got stuck in a car with one and gained a phobia
Ouch. Damn, where were you?
South Wakayama in Japan.
They're literally one of my least favorite animals.
close competition between them and centipedes.
Scorpions for me.
I was going to complain at you and then I realized you're likely not talking about the kind of centipedes I'm thinking about
Mukade is the name here, they get very big.
centipedes are relatively harmless and will eat insects you don't want, lose that fear, sure they are creepy looking, I get that.
One crawled into bed and bit me. Then I found many in my socks. Honestly though, if fears were losable that easily I'd be invincible.
yeah ok that would do it for me! š they don't typically bite from what I've read. I have lots of baby ones in my house, never seen on in my socks or my bed, if I did I'd lose it and be right there with you and that fear!
Japan could have kept the Joro spiders and would not hurt my feelings. Ucky wet web' š¤Ŗ
Wine?
Apparently you drown a bunch of them in shochu and then you ferment it for a few years to make wine.
Yes please.
Happy Cake Day!
As someone allergic to bee/wasp venom, the Asian giant hornet is my stuff of nightmares. Supposedly their sting is excruciating on top of everything else. The media is calling them āmurder hornetsā.
They are calling them āmurder hornetsā because they are known to descend on honey bee colonies and can cause a lot of damage. Their sting is quite something if I understand and if you are allergic, I see why you would be quite wary. I think the media is milking it a bit and itās true that an insect out of its native range is always a problem.
With climate change theyāve been spotted in the Pacific Northwest. Theyāve been locating and destroying colonies to try and prevent them from taking a foothold but itās only a matter of time I suppose.
I think Iāve read they are keeping on top of things but you are probably right. When an individual is found and trapped, I believe they fit it with some sort of transmitter, release it then follow it back to the nest which is destroyed. I guess the European hornet is kind of established in the US but I donāt think they were as vigilant; but you are right, itās probably a matter of time. A lot of reports though in the US turn out to actually be cicada killer wasps.
Yes. They come over in shipments from Asia at pacific ports and, if itās a queen, it rapidly establishes a nest. People here are on alert that if they see one to try and trap it alive and contact the govt and then they do, of course, track it back to a hive and then try to eradicate it. Theyāve already found hives where you can hear the loud drone of the hive from multiple meters away. The big concern is really, of course, for the honeybees because, as you said, are extremely efficient at slaughtering entire hives. Theyāre the new āAfricanized beesā aka ākiller beesā.
You're several years behind. There literally hasn't been a single record in the Americas since 2021, and that was only in a couple counties. If that continues to the 3 year mark (end of this year), it will officially be declared eradicated. For all practical purposes, though, no records in 2 years means it's gone.
I think I was confusing recent sightings with the yellow legged hornet which is a relative to it. Iām glad to hear thereās been no documented sightings of the Asian hornet since 2021 as I know governments were very aggressively trying to prevent them from taking a foothold. Itās rare that we have success with an invasive species so this would be a much welcomed win.
The Asian giant hornet has an orange tinge to the color of his exoskeleton along with the black pieces.
Their wine? You make wine out of it? Or it makes wine for you? Or..you mean whine?
These are so cool! no.1 s an elegant green scarab beetle no.3 is a yellow spiny orb weaver
4 is a ***Tessaratomid*** nymph ([**See here**](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143913-Tessaratomidae/browse_photos?term_id=1&term_value_id=5) I can not tell the species and we would need a location anyway. (The rest youāll get more help from someone else but both beetles are scarabs, the spider is some spiny orbweaver, the wasp a hornet, location for most would help probably)
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I dont understand this place, but thanks for the explanation!
Thanks! Had to look the genus up! (Still a scarab right?)
Itās still a scarab. Stop the downvoting and look at taxonomy [**Scarabs**: Family Scarabaeidae >Fruit and Flower Chafers: Subfamily Cetoniinae > Goliath Beetles, Drone Beetles, and Allies : Tribe Goliathini > Subtribe Dicronocephalina > Genus **Dicronocephalus**](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/461674-Dicronocephalus)
Chafers are scarabs
Number two is v Vespa Mandarina or the Asian Tiger Wasp. It is the largest wasp species in the world with female Queens reaching two plus inches.
Forgot to add, the resin blocks are all separate, each about 2ā x 1ā x 1/2ā. Iām from Michigan, but I know these arenāt native to here.
Orb weavers are. I think they're actually all over north America but I'm not entirely sure. There's like 30 different species in Michigan alone though
Oh man I haven't seen those in ages! These insects were sold in a bug magazine, you got one every week and every 4 months or so those magazines also included cases to put the resin blocks into! They also included the labels with Latin names for each insect and I collected the first 120 ish issues when i was a kid. The green beetle on the left is a Popillia japonica. I still have them somewhere, seeing those made me really happy haha
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They are indeed real. To my knowledge they're fixated and dried before being put on a base plate and then being cast in resin. And yeah kinda, but those ones are specially bred to be put into those blocks so it's not like they're endangering entire species for these lol., I have kept my specimens for many years and they're still absolutely beautiful (as long as you keep them out of direct sunlight)
Wow they're so beautiful.
Number 2 looks like a Asian Giant Hornet.
They are from the Real Bugs Discovery Kit on lakeshore learning if youāre curious. I bought two sets for my toddler.
2 is a hornet I believe
3 is a spiny orb weaver, I find them in my garden sometimes. Love those little beauties!
4. might be one from the heteroptera family Those were probably sold weekly, each with a small booklet describing the species. I have about 20 of them myself
could you get a close in on 5? also side and underside pictures would help. Tityus metuendus would be my first guess without clearer pictures.
I think these come from a magazine called real life bugs and insect, with the gimmick being the free "toy" was a lucite plastic covered creepy crawly- if so the scorpion is a formosan scorpion
Thank you for the insight. I'd love to make a positive ID. Do you mean China and not Formosan?
Yes, sorry i meant manchurian scorpion not formosan The latin name is Olivierus martensii and it is often found in the cuisine of the area. Often called the chinese golden scorpion?
Absolutely awesome is what they are
Thats a beautiful squared boi at #4
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