hornet
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This suggests that the frogs in the study may have developed a dual resistance to both the painful and harmful effects of hornet venom, allowing them to successfully hunt and consume hornet workers.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025
To investigate whether pond frogs evade or tolerate these potentially lethal stings, Sugiura presented individual adult frogs with workers of three hornet species, Vespa simillima, V. analis, and V. mandarinia, in controlled laboratory trials.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025
However, in 2024 a DNA analysis confirmed that the Asian hornet survived its first winter in the UK.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
Following the initial sighting, live traps were deployed to monitor Asian hornet activity.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
There was the snarl of an engine somewhere, not the heavy thump of a zeppelin but something higher like the drone of a hornet It drifted in and out of hearing.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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