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General Category => Discover Seattle! => Topic started by: TehBorken on Jun 06 06 02:49

Title: The Asian Giant Hornet
Post by: TehBorken on Jun 06 06 02:49
Getting stung by this sucker could very possibly be the last thing that ever happened to you, besides embalming.
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]The Asian Giant Hornet
Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852

The species Vespa mandarinia is a very large-sized wasp with a Body length 27 - 45 mm. The queens can reach 5.5 cm in length (about 2.25 inches).

Distribution:
SE part of Asian Russia: southern regions of Primorskii Krai, Korea, China, Indochina, Nepal, India (Kurzenko, 1995), Shri Lanka, Thailand, Japan (In Japanese: Ohsuzumebati).

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