Re:Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
by gnulinux on Friday May 29, 2020 @04:58PM
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> Wonder if those Murder Hornets will make next year's list?
I was curious, so:
> Since 2001, the yearly human death toll caused by stings of bees, wasps and hornets in Japan has been ranging between 12 and 26.[26] Since this number also includes deaths caused by wasps, bees, and other hornet species, the number of deaths caused by Asian giant hornets is likely to be significantly lower.[citation needed]
I was curious, so:
> Since 2001, the yearly human death toll caused by stings of bees, wasps and hornets in Japan has been ranging between 12 and 26.[26] Since this number also includes deaths caused by wasps, bees, and other hornet species, the number of deaths caused by Asian giant hornets is likely to be significantly lower.[citation needed]
from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet
[26] is a Japanese source that I cannot read.
Seems like they're not a huge threat?