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The similarity in plumage between juvenile European honey buzzard and common buzzard may have arisen as a partial protection against predation by Eurasian goshawks. Although that formidable predator is capable of killing both species, it is likely to be more cautious about attacking the better protected Buteo species, with its stronger bill and ...
The crested honey buzzard is a specialist feeder, living mainly on the larvae of social bees and wasps, and eating bits of comb and honey. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] It takes other small insect prey such as cicadas. [ 16 ]
The Asian giant hornet has very few natural predators. However, V. mandarinia nests are attacked by conspecific colonies, and crested honey buzzards may prey on this hornet. [98] Besides the honey buzzard and each other, there are also instances of other insects such as mantises killing Asian giant hornets. [99]
The giant hornets, known as “murder hornets,” target pollinators and can wipe out entire honey bee hives in a matter of hours, according to experts. NurPhoto via Getty Images
The hornets, which can be 2 inches long and were formerly called Asian giant hornets, gained attention in 2013, when they killed 42 people in China and seriously injured 1,675.
Nests can hold up to an average of 6,000 workers, the Georgia Department of Agriculture says.
The honey buzzard attacks the nests of social hymenopterans, eating wasp larvae; it is the only known predator of the dangerous [64] Asian giant hornet or "yak-killer" (Vespa mandarinia). [65] Likewise, roadrunners are the only real predators of tarantula hawk wasps. [66]
Asian "murder hornets", first spotted in the U.S. in 2019, haven't been confirmed in N.C., but climate change and human activity could change that.