"A new map shows where Asian giant hornets could thrive" Topic

…in the U.S.

"The race is on to keep Asian giant hornets from spreading in the Pacific Northwest.

Fifteen hornets — including 11 dead ones — have turned up in Washington state since 2019, as well as others in British Columbia, Canada. "We're pretty sure there's at least one nest" somewhere near Birch Bay along the Washington coast, says Karla Salp, a spokesperson for the Washington State Department of Agriculture in Olympia.

Efforts are under way to attach a radio tag to a live hornet and track it back to a nest. In an Oct. 2 news conference, department officials described catching their first live giant hornet just east of Birch Bay. The team glued a tiny transmitter to its abdomen. "Unfortunately the glue did not dry fast enough," entomologist Sven Spichiger said. The tag fell off and glue got on the hornet's wings, ruining its ability to fly…"
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It will be interesting to watch how we fight them. It's tough to completely eradicate something like that, but we're pretty motivated. Interesting tech will be brought to bear.

I wiped out a particular difficult wasp nest one time. Couldn't reach it with poison or soapy water, because of it's position under a big patch of fountain grass. After weeks of trying everything the internet and Home Despot had to offer, I devised my own strategy. I poured many gallons of hot soapy water on it (I had done this previously by itself and it didn't work), then covered the entire thing with a giant plastic tarp. Threw a rope over the whole thing and drew it tight like a giant shower cap, creating a really humid, awful greenhouse. You could see them in there for a few days struggling to get out. I left it like that for a week after I saw any activity, then cleaned it all up, no more wasps. Obviously all the work was done at night when they are less active. It was a nice win. Only a few stings.

Trying to wipe out an entire species in a wilderness like that is going to be some feat.

They all need to die … We need to make small hunter killer drone swarms !

(smile)

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Nuke them from space. It's the only way to be sure.

Ha!Ha!….

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