Now Giant Hornets from China

[Biff Tannen 45750]

34 minutes ago, B00M said:

THEY FOUND THE HIVE

https://www.foxnews.com/science/washington-state-bug-hunters-find-first-ever-asian-giant-murder-hornets-nest-in-us.amp

 

Username checks out

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Damn straight.

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

Murder Hornet update (short thread):

 

Edited October 25, 2020 by Prepuce of Doom
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[Steel Shank 9432]

That one scientist chick is so hot she's got my pants buzzing.

[B00M 6483]

I mean, that's just fucking awesome. Proud American moment right there. 

[gyroprotagonist 2595]

vacuuming?  don't we have drones with flamethrowers now?  WTF is this vacuuming shit.

[Jerry Callo 8737]

On 10/25/2020 at 1:37 PM, B00M said:

I mean, that's just fucking awesome. Proud American moment right there. 

Tying tracking devices to Murder Hornets with dental floss is pretty impressive.

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1 minute ago, Jerry Callo said:

Tying tracking devices to Murder Hornets with dental floss is pretty impressive.

Wonder what intern drew the short straw on that one.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

Why aren't we killing these?  Some sort of misguided "live and let live" thing?  Food chain stuff?

Vaccuum them, set the pod on fire and submerge it in the Marianas Trench.

[ABSR 5325]

14 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

Why aren't we killing these?  Some sort of misguided "live and let live" thing?  Food chain stuff?

Vaccuum them, set the pod on fire and submerge it in the Marianas Trench.

My guess is that this is how they think they can most effectively get all of them. Vacuum them out when they should be back during the day, but if they destroyed the nest/tree (fire, pesticide) it is possible some are away or that some might flee and not die.

They can Vacuum and then monitor to see if any stragglers show up and capture those.

Then nuke it from orbit.....It's the only way to be sure.

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15 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

Why aren't we killing these?  Some sort of misguided "live and let live" thing?  Food chain stuff?

Vaccuum them, set the pod on fire and submerge it in the Marianas Trench.

I think the vacuum killed a lot of them, and they are cutting down the tress to get the young ones out, and check if any queens left (however that works).

I'm guessing that fire/chemicals/etc. would alert the hornets something was up, whereas the vacuum would suck them out without alerting them to something crazy happening (fire/chemicals).

Also, if the hornets can release chemical traces that can alert others, vacuuming them out doesn't give them a chance, and could keep such chemicals confined (probably talking about my ass (but I remember how ants, etc. could release chemical traces to alert their brethren).

[tbone_ 14191]

vacuuming?  don't we have drones with flamethrowers now?  WTF is this vacuuming shit.

Wait, I can get a drone with a flamethrower?

[gyroprotagonist 2595]

20 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

 

Wait, I can get a drone with a flamethrower?

 

 

[Deej 76964]

43 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Also, if the hornets can release chemical traces that can alert others, vacuuming them out doesn't give them a chance, and could keep such chemicals confined (probably talking about my ass (but I remember how ants, etc. could release chemical traces to alert their brethren).

We should try that with the Cloak Room and the EOT thread.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21959]

1 hour ago, Liquor and Poker said:

Why aren't we killing these?  Some sort of misguided "live and let live" thing?  Food chain stuff?

Vaccuum them, set the pod on fire and submerge it in the Marianas Trench.

So they can put them in a box and mail them to China

[Deej 76964]

12 minutes ago, gyroprotagonist said:

 

Getting one of those for the web worms.

[RomaVicta 30033]

15 minutes ago, Deej said:

Getting one of those for the web worms.

Poking a hole in the web tent with a long pole allows wasps in to eat the worms.  I had friends that used to take a long bamboo pole and poke the tents up and down the street in Hyde Park. It worked.

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19 minutes ago, Deej said:

We should try that with the Cloak Room and the EOT thread.

You're thinking too small.

Have we priced a human-sized vacuum device?  One that could vacuum up a certain Mensa member that we know?

[Deej 76964]

12 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Poking a hole in the web tent with a long pole allows wasps in to eat the worms.  I had friends that used to take a long bamboo pole and poke the tents up and down the street in Hyde Park. It worked.

Where's the fun in that?

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3 minutes ago, Deej said:

Where's the fun in that?

Need a good high-speed camera mounted strategically, and then stream it on YouTube.

[Deej 76964]

Could use it to roast the neighbor's chickens. 

[mchookem 16411]

i want these samples destroyed, do you understand me??

[Superhero 8852]

I had a hornets nest outside my daughter's window. Spectracide hornet and wasp killer is legit. Even though I was shooting up about 15' feet, they started dropping like... well, hornets. Wiped out a nest of maybe 15 in about 3 minutes. Came back and sprayed it just to be sure, but that stuff was killer.

[SquishMitten 10444]

When you destroy the hive, what do stragglers do? They go find another hive? How long do they live without a hive/queen?

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4979]

Vacuuming is how bee keepers collect wild swarms to put in their hives. They use basically a shop vac hooked up to a box with screens to keep the bees from getting sucked up into the vacuum body.