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The Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis) is a social insect species of the family Vespidae.It can be found in Southwest Asia, Northeast Africa, the island of Madagascar (but no reports have been made of its presence on the island for many years), the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of Southern Europe. [2]
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 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 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.
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.
PHOTO: Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the Washington state Department of Agriculture, poses for a photo with an Asian giant hornet from Japan mounted on a pin in Olympia, Wash., May 4, 2020.
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 ...
An Asian giant hornet, more commonly known as a "murder hornet," can be seen eating jam. This particular insect is among the several specimens found in Washington state in 2020.