Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for May 18, 2020

Then there’s the tarantula wasp that lays eggs inside and they hatch and eat the spider from the inside out. It’s like politics, I guess.

Would this be a good pet for George?

How many of Thor’s Axes do you need ? We have a pile of them somewhere …

The cigarette in the murder hornet’s “hand” is an interesting touch.

Those hornets. That’s what’s next.

We’ll just sic some praying mantises on them.

You’re drunk 2020…go home.

2020 the year that keeps on giving.

Maybe we all should be eating Twinkies.

Seems to be a run on this theme on other strips today. But I don’t believe in conspiracies. It’s a holiday here and I’m waiting for my order of tin-foil hats.

Considering how recently the murder hornets made the news, this is a pretty fast reaction from the comics.

No! Not the murder hornets!

Over the Hedge is either in Northwest Washington, or Charlotte.

Something seems a little squirrel-y. I think something is missing.

and there’s hurricane season, tornado season, West Nile virus, earthquakes and an election yet to come. …I’m going to go check out hermit caves.

Now that I think about it, he does sort of have orange hair.

They are 2 inches long. Unlike in other places our bees do not react to their chemical trace and don’t envelope them in balls to commit heat death of the hornets. So the bees will be slaughtered.

1 dead wasp was found in the northwest and a major panic strikes America… damn we are gullible!

Has this strip gone over the edge?