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

怎麼認出牠
- 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
毒液力量
毒液從螫針出來。
牠對人有多危險?
對人的危險: 嚴重被螫了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。Its sting is described as potent and can cause extreme pain and swelling.1
如果牠螫人
- 把蜜蜂的螫針刮掉,然後冷敷患處。
- 如果傷者呼吸困難、臉部或喉嚨腫脹,或覺得快要昏倒,這就是過敏急症:打緊急電話,如果傷者有腎上腺素自動注射筆,就使用它。
一定要先打緊急電話(112、000、911)。這是一般急救指引,不是醫療建議。 急救基本知識
注意安全
- 絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物,就算是很小的動物,就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
- 給牠空間。如果遇到了,保持冷靜,慢慢往後退,讓牠自己離開。
- 如果被牠螫了:保持冷靜,保持不動,打緊急電話(112、000、911)或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子,有照片會很有幫助。
牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己,而且牠更想躲起來。 更多安全知識
牠有多大?
牠有多長?
大約跟一根迴紋針一樣長
可以在 11 秒內飛過一整座足球場Greater banded hornet 跟「你」比起來有多大?
只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存,也不會傳送到任何地方。
牠有多快?
小知識
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
知識的出處
- Vespa tropica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Vespa tropica (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
- Venom Wiki: 危險等級、一般大小和速度估計都是我們自己定的。看看我們是怎麼算出來的: 我們怎麼評估危險.
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