Japanese giant hornet wasps (including the Japanese hornet). While the sting of the Asian giant hornet is officially rated as only a 2 on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, other less official reports have the sting of the Japanese sub species to be rivaling or even exceeding other Hymenopterans such as the Tarantula hawk and even the Bullet Ant, both of which are ranked as a 4 on the respective index. Japanese giant hornet The Japanese giant hornet ("Vespa mandarinia japonica") is a subspecies of the world's largest hornet, the Asian giant hornet ("V. mandarinia"). It is a large insect, with adults frequently
Black-faced woodswallow cessation of woodswallow decline.Storm-burning has produced a more open vegetation structure, which is beneficial for insect feeding and nesting by the woodswallows. Storm-burning is therefore thought to be essential for persistence of black-faced woodswallow habitat in the Cape York Peninsula. This also assists golden-shouldered parrot conservation by reducing their predation risk. Black-faced woodswallow The black-faced woodswallow ("Artamus cinereus") is a woodswallow. It is long. It is the most widespread species in the family Artamidae, living in Australia, New Guinea and the Sunda Islands, including Timor. The black-faced woodswallow is in length, and weighs . It has a blue-grey beak with