The Asian giant hornet, or yak-killer hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
The picture with the article is a "digger bee" (Anthophorini)
The Asian giant hornet, or yak-killer hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
The picture with the article is a "digger bee" (Anthophorini)
Is he wearing some kind of mask to hide his identity?
This hornet is here. I killed one in my yard with a wiffleball bat and poured gasoline down the hole in the dirt for the rest of the hive. It would just sit on a Bush near the hive entrance and chase away anything that came within 5 yards of the hive. I’m glad I got it before it got me.