The entire nation is terrified right now after it was revealed that Asian murder hornets have made their way to the United States for the first time. Now, a grisly video is going viral showing one of these murder hornets finally meeting its match in the form of a praying mantis.

The New York Post reported that murder hornets can grow up to two inches long, and they kill up to fifty people per year in Japan, but the praying mantis in this video is not fazed by it. The clip opens with the praying mantis staying still, patiently watching the murder hornet with its five eyes.

Suddenly, the mantis can be seen lurching forward with its long, modified front legs. The hornet desperately tries to break free, but the mantis keeps a vice-like grip on it. The mantis then starts pecking away at the hornet, eventually eating its brain.

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Video of the praying mantis taking down the murder hornet has quickly gone viral, being viewed over 393,000 times at the time of this writing.

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“Thank you for this nightmare,” one social media user commented, with another adding, “I wish I hadn’t watched this. Major league nightmares for me tonight.”

“Honeybees need to hire mantis security!” a third user wrote.

Murder hornets were spotted in the first time in the U.S. in Washington state, and experts have warned that they will make their way to the east coast in the coming weeks and months.

Sven-Erik Spichiger, managing entomologist at the Washington state Agriculture Department, warned that due to the enormous size of the hornets, it’s easy for them to inject multiple large doses of their venom when they sting. While humans can likely survive one or two stings, he said more than that could prove to be deadly.

“What we are told from the literature is that most people can survive one or two stings,” he told The Sun. “But if you sustain multiple stings, the necrosis and the venom will actually start getting into your bloodstream and will start working on your organs. And multiple stings could literally be fatal.”

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This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.

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