Greater banded hornet
The greater banded hornet is a large hornet with a potent sting that can cause extreme pain and swelling. It lives in tropical southern Asia and New Guinea, and it has become an invasive species on the Pacific island of Guam. It hunts other wasps and honeybees.1

Kako jo prepoznaš
- Head is dark brown or red.1
- Abdomen is black with a distinct yellow stripe covering most of the second abdominal segment.1
- In Singapore and south-eastern Asia, specimens are often completely black and larger.1
- In Hong Kong, the head and sides of the thorax are normally reddish.1
- In the Andamans and Nicobars, the head and thorax are reddish brown and the plates on the abdomen are orange, except the first.1
Moč strupa
Strup pride ven skozi želo.
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: ResnoPo piku je potreben zdravnik. Smrtni primeri so zelo redki.Its sting is described as potent and can cause extreme pain and swelling.1
Če piči
- Čebelje želo postrgaj ven in mesto ohladi.
- Če ima poškodovanec težave z dihanjem, otekel obraz ali grlo ali se mu vrti, kot da bo omedlel, gre za nujno stanje zaradi alergije: pokliči številko za klic v sili in uporabi njegov adrenalinski avtoinjektor, če ga ima.
Vedno najprej pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911). To so splošna navodila za prvo pomoč, ne zdravniški nasvet. Osnove prve pomoči
Ostani varen
- Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
- Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
- Če te piči: ostani miren, ne premikaj se, pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911) ali hitro pojdi v bolnišnico. Zapomni si, kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaga.
Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti
Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
približno tako dolga kot sponka za papir
zmore preleteti celo nogometno igrišče v 11 sekundahKakšne velikosti je Greater banded hornet v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
Its predation is one of the main causes of colony failure in the paper wasp Polistes chinensis in Japan.1
Unlike most aerial hornets, whose nests are completely sealed, its nest has an open bottom.1
Its nest is kept at 25 to 30 °C until about the middle of October, when it cools towards the surrounding temperature as the nest begins to die.1
It was found on Guam in August 2016 and has since become a permanent resident of the island's ecosystem.1
It may play a significant role in controlling populations of Asian paper wasps.1
Od kod so dejstva
- Vespa tropica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Vespa tropica (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
- Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.
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