hornet

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To investigate whether pond frogs evade or tolerate these potentially lethal stings, Sugiura presented individual adult frogs with workers of three hornet species, Vespa simillima, V. analis, and V. mandarinia, in controlled laboratory trials.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

A hornet sting can trigger sharp pain, tissue damage, and serious systemic problems such as the destruction of red blood cells and cardiac dysfunction, any of which can be fatal.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

Asian hornet nests are often found in hedges or near to the ground.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

Let’s return to one of our original questions: Why don’t our institutions, with the exception of the hornet eradication apparatus, work?

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2024

Another hornet buzzed into my ear and it felt like someone had poured hot wax right down into my brain.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis