Giant hornets, not 'murder hornets,' spotted in Ontario

There have been sightings of giant hornets in the Ottawa Valley, but experts say they're not 'murder hornets.' CTV's Dylan Dyson reports.

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[stormshadow]

I seen one by Fort Frances Ontario 2 so far this summer

[donnaeid]

Yes, I saw one near my window…the buzz was so loud!

[theallezcats]

I saw one last week, it was huge, I'd guess 2" long.

[Wargutz]

I got cicada killers in my yard. Bigger than those.

[Mustytunergarage]

I seen one today i was so shocked to see what that size

[esmeesme]

Saw one north of Belleville Ontario on May 21 / 24

[sharkhudson]

i have had 4 in my basement over the last few weeks. 4 random occurrences!

[KSAnsley]

They are everywhere though... got pictures and video. Probably 16 last year and seen 7 or 8 this year plus the video and still. I just hope that there is no one claiming they aren't here. All across ontario..

[Liberty_Tree]

I have a nest above the door on my cabin. I make a deal with wasps/hornets. Leave me alone, I'll leave you alone. These big guys have kept to themselves so they can stay. However, I've had problems with the smaller wasps. They need to go.

[Douginont]

Killed one in the house a couple days ago. Bancroft Ontario area.

[bmint]

😂 apparently the danger of the more giant ones is Also minimal.

Slow news day..

Literally comparing apples to apples here and trying to make it seem like something..

It’s still nothing 😂

[rustysalmonella]

I’ve found the corpses of 2 in my house that looked more like the asian one

[theroofingchannel]

I caught a giant asian one of these while doing a roof in greely, brought it to my friend who works in government as a bug scientist specially bees, it was pinned and put into archives with my name on it . 😅

[waterofsouls]

i have a peterson field guide on insects, neither wasp/hornet is listed. i trust my peterson field guides.

i killed 2 last week. i have never seen a wasp of that stature. ever. this creature has a stinger to match its size.

in addition, i have not seen a bee or a bumble bee in the rose bushes, this year. i normally see bumble bees in the yard; not this year. is that a coincidence? because i can't help but think the new wasp and no bees are related. they are in the same environment.

i'll feel better when i see a bee in the yard.

[garryanderson]

Over here carpenter ants...never seen before😮

[christinew]

I’ve seen 3 murder hornets in my yard in Ohio. They are huge!

[BirdyLegs]

I saw multiple west of Kingston, Ontario (I think we were close to Amherstview) a couple years ago. No, not the stupid European ones they're claiming, I mean the giant Asian one. How do I know? It was the size of my thumb and struggled to get into the logistics coupling inside my truck. If you know how big those logistics housings are, you'll know this was NOT a European hornet but infact a 2-3 inch long Asian murder hornet.

[Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

They’re European Hornets. I’ve seen them in my area for a couple of years. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[jess]

I’m severely allergic if I got sting by one of them I will die bye-bye

[wynottgivemore]

I live in a small town Saskatchewan Canada, the other day i killed one that size and thought nothing of its size... i actually have seen those for years, also said hi to a huge bumblebee today size of a quarter... the hornet was in my van, i didn't want any trouble I'm very allergic to their bites. Otherwise i wouldn't have killed it either, we need Hornets just as much as we need bumblebees and flies and maggots 🤐