Are these “new” Murder Hornets the same as Japanese hornets we’ve had in the USA for decades?

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We’ve all seen the articles everywhere, but when I look at it, it looks exactly like what I’ve always known to be a Japanese hornet. They’ve been on the east coast since I can remember (just turned 31). I even remember my grandma saying she was stung by one as a kid (she was born in the ‘20s) and that the pain was unimaginable and made her “see stars”.

It’s hard to find a picture in google but the closest thing I saw is an European Hornet. They look pretty similar. Have I been misclassifying these bees my whole life?

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The most interesting thing about the “murder hornets” is how they’ve showed me how Reddit just rehashes the same stuff over and over, I guess because so many users (bots?) just want karma.

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