[Leica] Murder Hornets

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Nasty creatures, indeed.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 31 Aug 2021, at 23:03, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> I got to go to an undisclosed lab and see the murder hornets they got from 
> the nest that was destroyed last week north of Bellingham, WA.  They got 
> 60 of them and are running some behavioral studies on them.  I tried to 
> get a few shots but they are in thick glass bottles or in cages so the 
> quality is not that great.  Those suckers are HUGE!.  I would hate to get 
> stung by one of them.
> 
> They are kept in these cages in tents in an isolation room with three 
> doors to get in and out.
> 
> Murder Hornet-1000581 (leica-users.org) 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/mh/Murder+Hornet-1000581.jpg.html>
> 
> Here they are in thick glass bottles as an experiment is being done on 
> them.  The scientist was not there, but I gather they are agitating them 
> and then collecting samples of air to see if they are giving off any 
> chemical that might be used to influence their behavior to our benefit.
> 
> Murder Hornet-1000579 (leica-users.org) 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/mh/Murder+Hornet-1000579.jpg.html>
> 
> The rest are just some various views of one of them in her glass jar.  As 
> I said, the glass makes it impossible to get a really sharp photo of them.
> 
> Murder Hornet-1000578 (leica-users.org) 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/mh/Murder+Hornet-1000578.jpg.html>
> 
> Look at those jaws.  No wonder they can decimate a whole honey bee hive in 
> a matter of  hours.
> 
> Murder Hornet-1000573 (leica-users.org) 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/mh/Murder+Hornet-1000573.jpg.html>
> 
> I like this shot as it shows the three ommatidial eyes between the larger 
> compound eyes.
> 
> Murder Hornet-7075-Edit (leica-users.org) 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/mh/Murder+Hornet-7075-Edit.jpg.html>
> 
> One more
> 
> Murder Hornet-7072-Edit (leica-users.org) 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/mh/Murder+Hornet-7072-Edit.jpg.html>
> 
> The ones starting with 100xxxxxx are from the Q2 with an Elpro attached.
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
> Aram
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Aram
> 
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> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
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> 
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