hornet
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Describing black poplars as "Lord of the Rings" looking trees with "great gnarled trunks", she said they support other wildlife, including the poplar hornet moth.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The bee team fighting a murderous hornet invasion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
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
Maybe this was why the other kid that they’d found in here had been as big as a whale, he was swole up from all the hornet stings!
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Asian hornets were first spotted three weeks ago in Oldham, prompting concerns the species may be spreading further north.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The hallways lead to more hallways, the overhead fluorescents whine like hornets.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Curiously, I never really got angry at the North Koreans, on the assumption that if you kick the hornet’s nest and get stung, you can’t really blame the hornets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Yet certain animals, including some birds, spiders, and frogs, regularly prey on adult hornets.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
Nothing, except for the uproarious crowd and swarms of cops like black hornets.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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