The murder hornet sting is initially excruciating, then doesn't get any better, with pain lingering for hours after initial contact with the stinger of an Asian giant hornet.
Asian giant hornets, the largest wasps in the world, were first confirmed to be in the United States in December, when hornets were sighted and a dead hornet found in the border city of Blaine, Washington, several months after a nest was destroyed across the Strait of Georgia on Vancouver Island in Canada.
Asian hornets, a separate and smaller species than the Asian giant hornet recently found in the United States, are a damaging invasive species in France, where they prey on honey bees.
After an initial wave of dizziness, the first sensation, which Peterson gasps out shortly after the Asian giant hornet stung his forearm is"Searing pain. Absolute searing pain." "It's like a fully-plumped hot dog," Peterson said, about twelve hours after allowing the Japanese giant hornet to sting him, while visiting Japan."The swelling is all the way down into my elbow and all the way up through my wrist, and I think if you stick me with a fork right now, it would explode."
"It feels like someone has shoved a red-hot poker into your arm and does not remove it for close to six hours," he said.
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