Have insects been genetically manipulated?

Question

I have seen four inch wasps, hornets, and bees in the area that I live. A friend of mine found one of these giant hornets, and showed it to me. It's definitely not a queen.
I've heard of some genetic modifications in insects to help in agriculture, but this is insane.

So, can any one tell me the species?

Answer 1

living things modify each other.

plants adapt to produce food for insects which assist them in having sex.

Insects adapt their genetics fo reach into, climb into, whatever with flowers.

Every time we wash our hands with antibiotic solutions, We select for resistance in whatever "bugs" are on our skin.

There are some pretty large pre-human-screwing-things-up bugs out there, more likely a real unusual insect was imported to suppress some accidentally imported pest.

Answer 2

Well, killer bees are an experiment on making more honey that sorta went wrong and got released. So I know there have been genetically modified insects done before, I'm not sure if they're still working on them.

Answer 3

Well, there have been recent past attempts to maniputate the DNA of such insects, but it would be very unlikely that such specimens would be released into the wild. It is possible that the insects you saw was a natural breed/type of the insect. Although, some insects do seem abnormally large and peculiar, it is sometimes often referred to be natural.

Answer 4

I refuse to begin the anser with the word "well", which means "I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. The answer is yes. Drosophila has been extensively genetically modified in lab conditions by people. It is for experimental purposes and the mutants are not released.

Answer 5

Well genetic manipulation is also happening naturally. There are aggressive species that can overtake an area if left unchecked (African Killer Bees). People have cross bred these bees to try to make them less aggressive.