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The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) or northern giant hornet, [2] [3] including the color form referred to as the Japanese giant hornet, [4] [5] is the world's largest hornet. It is native to temperate and tropical East Asia , South Asia , Mainland Southeast Asia , and parts of the Russian Far East .
The hornets, also known as Asian giant hornets, can reach lengths of 2 inches. ... In the U.S., about 72 people die from bee and hornet stings annually, according to the National Institutes of Health.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) SVEN-ERIK SPICHIGER, MANAGING ENTOMOLOGIST AT WSDA, SAYING: "An Asian giant hornet will sting you multiple times and can sting you multiple times and deliver larger doses of ...
The stings of the Asian giant hornet (V. mandarinia) are among the most venomous known, [10] and are thought to cause 30–50 human deaths annually in Japan. Between July and September 2013, hornet stings caused the death of 42 people in China. [ 12 ]
The Schmidt sting pain index is a pain scale rating the relative pain caused by different hymenopteran stings. It is mainly the work of Justin O. Schmidt, who was an entomologist at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Arizona. Schmidt published a number of works on the subject and claimed to have been stung by the majority of stinging ...
The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a honey bee hive in a matter of hours, has been declared eradicated ...
The yellow hornet has the largest swarms of all of the hornet species, containing 1,000 to 2,000 workers. [citation needed] Although the yellow hornet is much smaller than the Asian giant hornet, it can be more dangerous to humans because it will attack people in greater numbers. [citation needed]
The southern giant hornet is one of the largest hornets, the researchers noted in the paper. They are part of the genus Vespa, which are mostly endemic to Asia, the researchers said.