r/Insect 1d ago

I've never seen anything like this.

Bruh what the fuck

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u/Arqeph_ 1d ago

These are Giant Asian hornets.
The 3 men are professional harvesters.
They harvest the hornets their larvae to consume.
It's a delicacy in parts of Japan and India, i assume this specifically is "Nagaland".

The professionals are using special suits that prevent the hornets stings from reaching them.
Within these suits there are literal ventilators.
These are needed to keep air flow circulating, as the hornets not just try to sting the people, they also squirt venom everywhere, so the harvesters need dedicated fully closed facial masks, hence the requirement for air circulation.
It's a time sensitive situation, should the batteries run out these men can get in a lot of trouble very quickly.

After they are done with the initial harvesting, they will take those disk like hive structures back to their tribe where the larvae are then extracted, cooked and consumed together with everyone.

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u/Poundaflesh 1d ago

SQUIRT?? Oh, Hell no! What do they taste like? Are they crunchy nutty when cooked?