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I live about a mile north of the border and I saw one of these on my deck last summer. They are massive. I do not buy the official timeline. Not “confirmed” of

I live about a mile north of the border and I saw one of these on my deck last summer. They are massive. I do not buy the official timeline. Not “confirmed” of course. Just like the report from 100 miles south of here 2 months ago. “Not confirmed”. They do not believe the “eradication” announcement either clearly as they plan to continue search and trapping efforts throughout 2025 ( from the article ).

freeqaz 2y ago
Dang, that is unfortunate. I come here to comment that I'm really happy this happened. It is something that legit worries me. Bee populations are already suffering enough! I hope the government is able to continue keeping the population from "stabilizing" to eventually get it eradicated. Crazy that you actually saw one!
- olyjohn 2y ago
  We have huge-ass hornets here in the PNW. I've seen lots of them myself. They definitely weren't the northern giants. But they're pretty close in size. I can see though people taking more notice of the existing ones after all the media coverage of the invasive ones.
  - Modified3019 2y ago
    Likely cicada killers. I’ll never forget the first time I saw one as a child: https://www.njbeekeepers.org/images/Vespa%20mandarinia%20and%20lookalikes.jpg https://www.njbeekeepers.org/images/Vespa%20mandarinia%20and...
toyg 2y ago
Which border would that be?
- derektank 2y ago
  USA-Canada / Washington-British Columbia
johnnyanmac 2y ago
you seem to be embellishing that line a bit: >Although unable to obtain the specimen, WSDA did place traps in the area and conduct outreach to encourage reports of additional suspected sightings. Neither trapping nor outreach yielded additional evidence of hornets in the area. WSDA will conduct trapping in the area in 2025 as a precautionary measure. That's just responsible book keeping. No different from making a proper test suite even though there is no unexpected behavior in the software product. But if you really did find one of these in Canada, I'd definitely report that. You may unironically save Canada months of labor searching for a potential hive of migrated hornets. >Not “confirmed” of course. Just like the report from 100 miles south of here 2 months ago. “Not confirmed”. who's doing the confirming, or lack thereof? There may be difficulties with investigations if they crossed country lines. the WSDA, if reported to, may not have the authority to properly search in Canada. I'm not sure what the equivalent organization in Canada would be.
ChoGGi 2y ago
I think I seen one of these last summer as well? It was a big sucker, we were trying to figure out what it was. I'm in Southern Alberta.
Modified3019 2y ago
How did you ID it? Cicada killers are commonly mistaken for Asian giant hornets: https://www.njbeekeepers.org/images/Vespa%20mandarinia%20and%20lookalikes.jpg https://www.njbeekeepers.org/images/Vespa%20mandarinia%20and...

freeqaz 2y ago

Dang, that is unfortunate. I come here to comment that I'm really happy this happened. It is something that legit worries me. Bee populations are already suffering enough! I hope the government is able to continue keeping the population from "stabilizing" to eventually get it eradicated. Crazy that you actually saw one!

olyjohn 2y ago
We have huge-ass hornets here in the PNW. I've seen lots of them myself. They definitely weren't the northern giants. But they're pretty close in size. I can see though people taking more notice of the existing ones after all the media coverage of the invasive ones.
- Modified3019 2y ago
  Likely cicada killers. I’ll never forget the first time I saw one as a child: https://www.njbeekeepers.org/images/Vespa%20mandarinia%20and%20lookalikes.jpg https://www.njbeekeepers.org/images/Vespa%20mandarinia%20and...

toyg 2y ago

Which border would that be?

derektank 2y ago
USA-Canada / Washington-British Columbia

johnnyanmac 2y ago

you seem to be embellishing that line a bit: >Although unable to obtain the specimen, WSDA did place traps in the area and conduct outreach to encourage reports of additional suspected sightings. Neither trapping nor outreach yielded additional evidence of hornets in the area. WSDA will conduct trapping in the area in 2025 as a precautionary measure. That's just responsible book keeping. No different from making a proper test suite even though there is no unexpected behavior in the software product. But if you really did find one of these in Canada, I'd definitely report that. You may unironically save Canada months of labor searching for a potential hive of migrated hornets. >Not “confirmed” of course. Just like the report from 100 miles south of here 2 months ago. “Not confirmed”. who's doing the confirming, or lack thereof? There may be difficulties with investigations if they crossed country lines. the WSDA, if reported to, may not have the authority to properly search in Canada. I'm not sure what the equivalent organization in Canada would be.

ChoGGi 2y ago

I think I seen one of these last summer as well? It was a big sucker, we were trying to figure out what it was. I'm in Southern Alberta.

Modified3019 2y ago

How did you ID it? Cicada killers are commonly mistaken for Asian giant hornets: https://www.njbeekeepers.org/images/Vespa%20mandarinia%20and%20lookalikes.jpg https://www.njbeekeepers.org/images/Vespa%20mandarinia%20and...