CNN has reported that "giant" wasps with strange eyes and a venomous sting are invading the United States, which has raised many concerns amid the Corona pandemic.
Scientists said that the "Asian giant wasps" were detected for the first time in Washington state, when a beekeeper reported piles of dead bees on his farm, whose heads were torn, in a rare and alarming scene in a country where the number of bees is rapidly decreasing.
The hornet is more than 5 centimeters long, and it is the largest wasps in the world. It has a fatal bite if a person bites more than once, according to experts at Washington State University, and researchers called it "killing wasps."
CNN quoted Susan Kobe, a beekeeper in the Entomology Department at Washington State University, as saying: "Wasps are similar to those shown in brutal animations of children ... they have a huge orange-yellow face."
Scientists do not know precisely how the "deadly wasps", whose origin is Asia, reached the American capital.
Seth Truskot, of the University of Washington's College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Sciences, suggested it had been transported by international shipments, and in some cases intentionally, he said.
Washington State agriculture officials have asked beekeepers and residents to report any giant wasps they see, and not to approach them, warning that their sting can penetrate into the suit of a regular beekeeper.