Hornet nest destroying suit - GIF

[Jon]

Hornet nest destroying suit.




Previously:

Flamethrower drone destroys wasp nest - GIF

[bruce.desertrat]

Those look like giant Japanese hornets. Yikes.

[Frank S]

I don't' know if they are giant Japanese or not but those huge green striped buggers I've seen here in Texas are not something you want to sting you. largest one I've seen was large enough to shoot at with a .22 but a shot gun with snake shot betters your odds. they get about 2 inches long and have stingers that I bet can penetrate 3/8" plywood. we have cow ants around here most are small just an inch long or less but they are known as a mad wasp with no wings

[bruce.desertrat]

Yeah those are Pain Level 3 on the Schmidt Pain Index. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_sting_pain_index along with desert harvester ants, which are nasty buggers. And they are wingless wasps, not ants. Back when I was in college I worked for Justin for a few years. Very interesting guy. We tried digging up a bumblebee colony one time so we could house it and study; I'll attest that bumblebees are a lot harder to get mad enough to sting you, but they hurt; and unlike honeybees, they can sting you more than once. They'll also go right through an ordinary bee suit. We do have tarantula hawks around here (up there with Bullet ants on the scale) but you have to work at it to get them to sting you...

[Floradawg]

I thought yellow jackets only nested in the ground. I was spraying a nest just under the edge of the pad of my garage when one of them hit me in the arm. I thought it had just brushed against me, but it had stung me. No pain but itching later. The problem was, they weren't only flying out but also returning.

[IAMSatisfied]

He's destroying the nest, but the hornets will just build another. A better use of the suit may be to bring boiling water to the nest at night and not only get rid of the nest but the hornets as well. Pouring molten aluminum in for a piece of art work is an option, but they're not as pretty as an ant nest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=UUezq1GyAko

[Frank S]

Hornets bees wasps are also fascinating creatures so many 1000's of species to choose form
https://www.pestwiki.com/bees-wasps-...ellow-jackets/
Some are friends while many are considered foe. ranging in size from 0.0055"(Chalcid wasps) to having wing span of nearly 11.5cm (Megascolia procer)

[yelcho]

He's destroying the nest, but the hornets will just build another. A better use of the suit may be to bring boiling water to the nest at night and not only get rid of the nest but the hornets as well. Pouring molten aluminum in for a piece of art work is an option, but they're not as pretty as an ant nest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=UUezq1GyAko

Not had any dealings with hornets but with wasp nests find petrol (gasoline) WITHOUT matches does the trick. Cautious preparation of entrance and blocking any extras during daylight. come night stick length hose into entrance and seal with turf, use a funnel to pour petrol into hose and then remove hose a seal hole. very rare that they dig out from underground nest. petrol fumes much better than flames. nests not underground take more cunning and extreme caution about igniting fumes.

[MeJasonT]

Mr Stay Puff the marshmallow man

[high-side]

Ah screw that... I'm using chemical warfare on those big bastards!