They have a reputation for delivering dangerous, painful stings that have as much venom as a snake. Each year in Japan, these hornets cause about 30 to 50 human deaths, and not all of them are due ...
Northern giant hornets rarely attack humans unless provoked. About 30-50 people die annually from Northern giant hornet ...
Officials say there have been no confirmed sightings of the aggressive species, native to Japan and other parts of East Asia, ...
Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the Washington state Department of Agriculture, poses for a photo with an Asian giant hornet from Japan mounted on a pin in Olympia, Wash., May 4, 2020.
Their stingers deliver as much venom ... and it also makes them deadly. These hornets cause an estimated 30 to 50 human deaths each year in Japan, not all of them due to venom allergy.