This announcement is probably the same as claiming a species is endangered. If they actually have no proof of sightings for a determined time then they make the claim. Reading the comments and having heard a story myself about sightings in Ontario, I can’t confirm nor deny the actual eradication. The real questions are does the general public know enough about the actual invasive species to identify it? How many species are there that are close in size or look similar or both? If there is something similar, what kind of trait makes it distinctive to the invasive species alone? Lastly, if something as serious as an invasive species possibly being spotted in a new area, how can the general public report this. Is there a website, a phone number, a department of natural resources office? All if these things are important!
This is a hilarious piece because I had a murder hornet land on me in Lanark, Ontario this summer. This will age like Bush's 'Mission Accomplished' speech.
Are you sure it wasn't a giant European hornet? I'd never seen them here in ontario till this summer and they look very similar. It's even similar in size. Located near North Bay. I know I mistook them for murder hornets when I first saw them.
No species on this planet can out-murder humans.
How to they know there aren't any hiding somewhere?
This announcement is probably the same as claiming a species is endangered. If they actually have no proof of sightings for a determined time then they make the claim. Reading the comments and having heard a story myself about sightings in Ontario, I can’t confirm nor deny the actual eradication. The real questions are does the general public know enough about the actual invasive species to identify it? How many species are there that are close in size or look similar or both? If there is something similar, what kind of trait makes it distinctive to the invasive species alone? Lastly, if something as serious as an invasive species possibly being spotted in a new area, how can the general public report this. Is there a website, a phone number, a department of natural resources office? All if these things are important!
How did they get here in north America to start with?
This is a hilarious piece because I had a murder hornet land on me in Lanark, Ontario this summer. This will age like Bush's 'Mission Accomplished' speech.
Are you sure it wasn't a giant European hornet? I'd never seen them here in ontario till this summer and they look very similar. It's even similar in size. Located near North Bay. I know I mistook them for murder hornets when I first saw them.
Probably as @angelaaniol2353 says, a giant European Hornet. I encountered a few of those this past summer in Deep River, Ontario.
I saw two last year in the French river area, if not, then then they have identical looking cousins.
That never happened.
What’s to prevent them from reestablishing in North America?
Why can't the wild boars be relocated?
Wild boars, when bacon comes to you.
This is way way way to premature to say this is the end of them... The "officals" should know better
Ok, random youtube commenter with no credentials.
Fake news