Teh One Who Knocks
04-21-2016, 11:20 AM
By Chris Summers For Mailonline
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A woman in Japan was shocked to find a giant insect crawling over one of the sweaters in her closet.
The beast in question was a giant Asian hornet (vespa mandarinia), which is native to the mountains of Japan.
They are known to Japanese as osuzumebachi - or sparrow bee - and possess a powerful venom that can dissolve human tissue.
The Godzilla-sized insect, which was about three inches long, was spotted crawling along a green jumper on a clothes hanger.
Fortunately the creature did not sting the lady and she managed to dispose of it outside without injury to either side.
Asian hornets are most active between August and October but start to come out of hibernation in April and it is generally the queen that wakes up first.
Last year Asian hornets, which had arrived in Europe in a Chinese pot plant, were blamed for the deaths of six people in France.
The victims died from anaphylactic shock after being stung.
There were fears Asian hornets - which can kill 40 honey bees in one go - might hop across the Channel to Britain.
http://i.imgur.com/37lus4h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ODWXwXE.jpg
A woman in Japan was shocked to find a giant insect crawling over one of the sweaters in her closet.
The beast in question was a giant Asian hornet (vespa mandarinia), which is native to the mountains of Japan.
They are known to Japanese as osuzumebachi - or sparrow bee - and possess a powerful venom that can dissolve human tissue.
The Godzilla-sized insect, which was about three inches long, was spotted crawling along a green jumper on a clothes hanger.
Fortunately the creature did not sting the lady and she managed to dispose of it outside without injury to either side.
Asian hornets are most active between August and October but start to come out of hibernation in April and it is generally the queen that wakes up first.
Last year Asian hornets, which had arrived in Europe in a Chinese pot plant, were blamed for the deaths of six people in France.
The victims died from anaphylactic shock after being stung.
There were fears Asian hornets - which can kill 40 honey bees in one go - might hop across the Channel to Britain.
http://i.imgur.com/37lus4h.jpg