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Very nice and a bit of a surprise to me. I hope they are correct. But unless some form of full inspections or spraying N/S America wide for containers coming

by jmclnx 2y ago

Very nice and a bit of a surprise to me. I hope they are correct. But unless some form of full inspections or spraying N/S America wide for containers coming from overseas, we will probably have more of these. With the direction/trend of the "US Gov." being run as a business for the past 40 years, I believe we could very well see these hornets arrive in other areas. IIRC, there is a insect in the East that is killing millions of trees which arrived 10 or 20 years ago. I forgot the details but eradicating them is now impossible.

pavel_lishin 2y ago
You're probably thinking of the Spotted Lanternfly, which people of all ages take great satisfaction in trying to stomp whenever we see them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_lanternfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_lanternfly
- BrentShikoski 2y ago
  More likely the Emerald ash borer, extremely destructive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_ash_borer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_ash_borer
  - JacobHenner 2y ago
    Or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_long-horned_beetle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_long-horned_beetle
  - thfuran 2y ago
    The ash borer had been here long enough to spread way beyond just the east.
- generic92034 2y ago
  Is it really worse than the members of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark_beetle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark_beetle subfamily? They are able to destroy whole forests if the trees are under stress (drought, pollution, acid rain) already. But they should be nothing new.
TacticalCoder 2y ago
> With the direction/trend of the "US Gov." being run as a business for the past 40 years, ... Businesses that do get $37 trillion in debt go bankrupt. That government lovers managed to make believe it's normal for governments to go ever more into debt to then tax everybody through the inflation "hidden" tax is one of the biggest travesty of our time.

by jmclnx 2y ago

pavel_lishin 2y ago

You're probably thinking of the Spotted Lanternfly, which people of all ages take great satisfaction in trying to stomp whenever we see them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_lanternfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_lanternfly

BrentShikoski 2y ago
More likely the Emerald ash borer, extremely destructive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_ash_borer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_ash_borer
- JacobHenner 2y ago
  Or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_long-horned_beetle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_long-horned_beetle
- thfuran 2y ago
  The ash borer had been here long enough to spread way beyond just the east.
generic92034 2y ago
Is it really worse than the members of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark_beetle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark_beetle subfamily? They are able to destroy whole forests if the trees are under stress (drought, pollution, acid rain) already. But they should be nothing new.

TacticalCoder 2y ago

> With the direction/trend of the "US Gov." being run as a business for the past 40 years, ... Businesses that do get $37 trillion in debt go bankrupt. That government lovers managed to make believe it's normal for governments to go ever more into debt to then tax everybody through the inflation "hidden" tax is one of the biggest travesty of our time.