I was in bad a few minutes ago and I heard a large bug flying in my bedroom.
As I'm listening to it get louder and its lands on my back and just like that my back is on fire.
I jump up and turn on the light and see this crawling on my blanket

It's not the biggest one I've seen, but it's the first one to attack and sting me.
I'm not allergic to be stings. But this one is stinging a bit. Lol
Do you think it might have just been rabid?

Looks wicked

Japanese hornet. Yes it can kill you if you are allergic to bee stings. Especially bad if you get stung around throat area. Death is rare but could happen due to swelling or anafolactic shock. I was stung once years ago by one that was in my truck. I thought I was shot by a 22 rifle during a driveby shooting.

That insect is well under an inch if that's standard paper. The smallest worker, Japanese Hornets are about 1 1/2 ", over 50% bigger. The insect pictured appears to be a species of yellow jacket. I got stung by one 2 days ago, that got in my shirt, on my left shoulder and armpit.

Yellow jacket stings can kill people who are allergic.

Keith

I'm still alive, though I'm in more pain from a bee sting than I can ever remember.
It's an inch long Keith, that's a legal pad. As I said it a small one.
They show up every year when the apples start to ripen. Odd how they chew a hole in an apple and then eat all the flesh and leave the core and skin hanging on the tree.

I found a nest a week or ten days ago when I was cleaning up an old pile of wood. Got nailed three times before I realized what I had walked into. Felt like I was on fire. They hurt.

I'm so allergic I carry an epi pen. Anaphylaxis could kill you quick

Yellow jacket

Only deadly if you are allergic to bee stings

You are going to live

The bottom of my feet itched. Yellow jackets no good.

Did a little research and is a European hornet. The markings are the same

Always thought the were the Japanese type.
Shows how much I know about them.

You ought to see what them !<+#£€\¥! suckers do to grapes. Been fighting them for years. Got hit on the ring finger on my left hand the other evening. Reached up and wrapped my fingers around a cluster to cut off, One of them dinged me. Must have got the full load, burned like fire and my whole hand was swelled up for three days. Been stung many times in the past, but usually don't get that much venom injected I guess! Those things are a scourge in the vinyard. They will destroy the crop in a few days. Go from berry to berry, open them up and the flies move in and suck the juice out. Crop is gone in just a few days! They are just like a coon, always know when the crop is sweet and ready to ruin!

Unless thats kindergartener paper, its just a plain old yellow jacket. Euro hornets are over an inch long. Markings can vary quite a bit and can’t be used to ID.

Well, wetdog, at least you know you're still alive Sorry you got nailed.

We have the huge ones here between the murder hornet and regular size ones that’s big enough for me.

Anybody ever run a bush hog over a hornet nest? Friend bailed off his tractor and left it in the field for about a month.

Here's a picture of an Asian murder hornet. They found a few nest of them near Bellingham Washington just south of Vancouver Canada. They are trying to track them down and eliminate them. They are catching them alive and putting tracking collars on them to lead them back to their nest.

We incorrectly called them Japanese hornets but the ones we have are actually European Hornets which is what I believe is the one in the original post. They do pack a punch for sure. Got popped on the top of the head by one in my pre-teen years. I did not have any complications from it but it was very painful for a long time. So far, I have managed to avoid getting stung by one of them again and hope to keep it that way. They nest mostly in hollows in trees here are attracted to light at night and have a nasty disposition.

Keep those things on the west coast.
A fly made like them would be a fish magnet.