[MAIPC] Murder Hornets and Cicada Killers

[Greenberg, Patricia]

This is helpful.
Thank you!

Patricia Pearl Greenberg
Natural Resource Manager/Naturalist II
ISA Certified Arborist, MA-6067A
ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified
Ellanor C. Lawrence Park
703-631-0248



From: Michele Bakacs <mbakacs at njaes.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:30 PM
To: Nathan Hartshorne <nshartshorne at gmail.com>; Greenberg, Patricia <Patricia.Greenberg at fairfaxcounty.gov>
Cc: maipc at lists.maipc.org
Subject: RE: [MAIPC] Murder Hornets and Cicada Killers

It’s not a meme but Rutgers just came out with this. Feel free to share! Extension has gotten a lot of phone calls/ emails already about this.
https://sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2020/05/killer-hornet-not-found-in-the-northeastern-us/

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From: MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Hartshorne
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:24 PM
To: Greenberg, Patricia <Patricia.Greenberg at fairfaxcounty.gov<mailto:Patricia.Greenberg at fairfaxcounty.gov>>
Cc: maipc at lists.maipc.org<mailto:maipc at lists.maipc.org>
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Murder Hornets and Cicada Killers

[cid:image001.png at 01D6245F.5D617750]
Of course I can't verify this info.  Sometimes people take queens for pics for sensationalist imagery which then gets mistaken by others as the norm.  But most importantly, it will probably be a long time before they arrive in VA, if they ever do.

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 11:56 AM Greenberg, Patricia <Patricia.Greenberg at fairfaxcounty.gov<mailto:Patricia.Greenberg at fairfaxcounty.gov>> wrote:
Hi,
 A friend brought up the idea that people might start thinking cicada killers are murder hornets and start killing them. Anyone have a meme or ID comparison image that we can share with the public? Any other insects that could potentially be confused?

Thank you,
 Patricia




Patricia Pearl Greenberg
Natural Resource Manager/Naturalist II

ISA Certified Arborist, MA-6067A

Ellanor C. Lawrence Park

703-631-0248

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