RETURNING ON THURSDAY. JENNIFER: THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE SEEING MURDER HORNETS HERE IN MARYLAND. AND JOINING WITH US SOME ANSWERS IS THE BUG GUY, DOCTOR MICHAEL RAUP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK. HEY, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, JEN. GREAT TO SEE YOU TOO. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY. JENNIFER: I'M DOING GREAT. YOU TOLD ME -- YOU MUST BE GETTING TEN EMAILS ABOUT THIS A DAY AT LEAST? >> YEP, THIS IS HOW I START MY MORNING EVERY DAY. OPENING UP THE EMAIL AND BY GOLLY, THERE'S A PICTURE OF MAYBE A MURDER HORNET IN THERE. BUT REALLY NOT. MOST OF THE PICTURES, IN FACT, ALL OF THE DOZENS OF PICTURES I'VE RECEIVED ARE ACTUALLY ONE WE CALLED THE EUROPEAN HORNET. JENNIFER: THEY'RE CLOSELY RELATED BUT NOT AT ALL THE SAME TH THING. >> NOTAL ALL. I'D LIKE TO SHOW THE VIEWERS HOW WE CAN TELL THESE TWO GUYS -- OR TWO GALS APART, ACTUALLY. THIS IS THE ASIAN GIANT HORNET. THIS INSECT IS GOING TO BE ALMOST TWO INCHES LONG. THE OTHER ONE IS THE EUROPEAN HORNET. THESE ARE QUEENS THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING IN THEIR HOMES, IN THE FIREPLACE, IN THE BASEMENT, IN THE ATTIC RIGHT NOW. AND THESE ARE ONLY GOING TO BE ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF. SO THE RELATIVE SIZE PROPORTIONS HERE ARE ACCURATE. NOW, THE WAY YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO TELL THEM APART IS TO LOOK ON THE ABDOMEN. NOTICE WE HAVE SEVERAL BANDS, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX OR SEVEN BANDS. THESE BANDS ARE UNIFORM. THE MARGINS ARE EVEN. NOW, IF WE LOOK AT THE EUROPEAN HORNET, WE CAN SEE ONE, TWO, THREE, MAYBE FOUR BANDS AND LOOK AT THESE FUNNY LITTLE DOTS AT THE BASE RIGHT HERE. SO THE POSTERIOR MARGIN ON YOUR EUROPEAN HORNET WILL HAVE THE FUNNY BLACK DOTS. ASIAN GIANT HORNET, THOSE MARGINS ARE GOING TO BE UNIFORM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BIGGER. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A YELLOW HEAD. JENNIFER: THE NICE THING IS YOU TOLD ME UNLESS ONE WERE TO HOP A RIDE IN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE, WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO GET THESE FOR YEARS TO COME, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE NORTHWEST. >> YEAH, THESE GALS ARE 3,000 MILES AWAY RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THEY'RE ANYWHERE CLOSE. IT WOULD SIMPLY TAKE, BY NATURAL SPREAD, YEARS TO DECADES BEFORE THEY HIT THE EAST COAST. SO LET'S JUST RELAX, GET OUTSIDE, AND ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND, AS TAYLOR SAID, WITH COVID-FREE WALK IN THE PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JENNIFER: WHAT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE IS SOME CICADA ACTIVITY. RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S THE GANG RIGHT THERE. THIS ONE IS THE VANGUARD OF WHAT WE CALL BROOD 10. EVERY CICADA BROOD, WE HAVE GUYS THAT ARRIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF SCHEDULE, THE VANGUARD. THESE ARE CALLED STRAGGLERS. AND WE'RE GETTING MANY REPORTS RIGHT NOW IN THE BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON REGION OF THESE GUYS SHOWING UP. SO THIS IS REALLY COOL. BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THESE GUYS HAVE KIND OF A FOOLISH GENE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GENE POOL NEXT YEAR WHEN THE BIG BROOD EMERGES. AND BY THEN, WE WILL LITERALLY HAVE BILLIONS OF CICADAS PER SQUARE MILE. SO NEXT YEAR IS THE MAIN EVENT. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THESE. IF YOU SEE THEM, THERE'S A WONDERFUL APP, CITIZEN SITE APP, CALLED CICADA SAFARI. IT'S A FREE DOWNLOAD. IF YOU SEE THESE GUYS, GO TO CICADA SAFARI. REPORT THESE, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE THESE DIFFERENT BROODS OF CICADAS ARE. JENNIFER: THEY'RE IMPORTANT MARKERS OF WHAT'S TO COME. SO JUST GIVE PEOPLE A QUICK IDEA IF THEY DON'T REMEMBER, THE SOUND THAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO HEAR NEXT YEAR WHEN THE 17-YEAR CICADAS COME OUT. >> IT'S GOING TO BE THE SOUND OF A JET AIRCRAFT GOING BY OR MY NEIGHBOR'S REALLY NOISY LAWN MOWER, WHICH I HAD TO CLOSE THE WINDOW FOR. THEY'RE GOING TO HIT ABOUT 100 DECIBELS WHEN THE BIG BOY BAND IS UP IN THE TREE TOPS SO THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY SPECTACULAR. A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ALL OF NATURE'S WONDERS, LIKE HAVING A NATT GEO SPECIAL IN YOUR BACKYARD. THIS IS GOING TO BE A COOL EVENT. JENNIFER: DR. RAUP, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU MAKE LEARNING ABOUT BUGGS FUN. IT'S AWESOME. >> THEY SHOULD