Oo-Suzumebachi (Japanese giant hornet)

 The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), including the subspecies Japanese giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia japonica),^[1]

The Japanese giant hornet is large and fearsome, but it is not particularly aggressive unless it feels threatened. The potency of its sting derives from the relatively large amount of venom it is able to inject with each sting.^[2] Being stung is extremely painful and requires hospital treatment. On average 40 people die every year of anaphylactic shock after having been stung,^[1] which makes the Japanese giant hornet the most lethal animal in Japan, as bears kill about ten people and venomous snakes kill five to ten people each year.

The Japanese giant hornet has three small, simple eyes on the top of the head between the two large compound eyes. As the name implies it is endemic to the Japanese islands, where it prefers rural areas where it can find trees to nest in. ^[1] In Japan it is known as the Oo-Suzumebachi (オオスズメバチ（大雀蜂、大胡蜂）^?, literally "Giant Sparrow Bee").