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I spotted a wasp today in the front garden and thought "Ah swarming season has started". British Problems compared to Japanese Hornets. Never had a wasp nest in my house or got stung, so not a wasp hater. What isn't can still come though.

Surely the sting attracts other hornets?

#paging spotter

Well technically the sting attracts neither wasps or hornets. The Giant Asian Hornets are insectivores and are famously fond of Bees. Their hunting style relies on scouts find a hive and then releasing a pheromone to attract their nestmates to start a devastating raid. The sting doesn't hold the pheromone (I think its secreted and then rubbed on the hive) so to say that is a bit misleading, as is the 'flesh dissolving' acid part because I believe it actually causes your cells to burst under osmotic pressure. The breaking down of your cells also wouldn't really kill you (well I mean it would but it would take quite a while and you'd have to be stung a hell of a lot), as you'll go into anaphylactic shock first.
Japanese Honey Bees (Apis cerana japonica) have a very interesting defence against them too:

Hornets From Hell - YouTube

/science

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