When it comes to disposition, the greater banded hornet makes other wasps seem like gentle butterflies and their stings feel like a pat on the back. It’s a mean one alright, and folks beyond the wasp’s native range of Southeast Asia are being painfully acquainted.
With two populations recently discovered on Guam, the greater banded hornet is a new invasive species to be reckoned with. These large, quarter-sized wasps are very aggressive with a particularly painful sting. They can be identified by a distinct,bright yellow band around the abdomen. Because invasive species out-compete their native counterparts and destroy native plants and habitat, the greater banded hornet stings in more ways than one.
So that’s another villain in our National Invasive Species Awareness Week campaign. #NISAW
Photo credit: Chris Jacobs
With two populations recently discovered on Guam, the greater banded hornet is a new invasive species to be reckoned with. These large, quarter-sized wasps are very aggressive with a particularly painful sting. They can be identified by a distinct,bright yellow band around the abdomen. Because invasive species out-compete their native counterparts and destroy native plants and habitat, the greater banded hornet stings in more ways than one.
So that’s another villain in our National Invasive Species Awareness Week campaign. #NISAW
Photo credit: Chris Jacobs
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