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The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) or northern giant hornet, [2] [3] including the color form referred to as the Japanese giant hornet, [4] [5] is the world's largest hornet. It is native to temperate and tropical East Asia , South Asia , Mainland Southeast Asia , and parts of the Russian Far East .
The hornets, also known as Asian giant hornets, can reach lengths of 2 inches. They gained worldwide attention in 2013 when they killed 42 people and injured 1,675 in China. In the U.S., about 72 ...
The hornets killed 42 people in China in 2013, injuring another 1,675 people. Florida boat explosion kills 1, injures 5 before Christmas eve . Also known as Asian giant hornets, the murder hornets ...
The Northern giant hornet, more commonly known as the "murder hornet," has been eradicated in the U.S., agriculture officials said Wednesday. The ominously nicknamed invasive species was confirmed ...
The northern giant hornet was first reported in Washington state in 2019. ... FILE- A Washington State Department of Agriculture worker holds two of the dozens of Asian giant hornets vacuumed from ...
The largest social wasp is the Asian giant hornet, at up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) ... Illinois, and Pennsylvania. Adult females are between 7 and 11 mm (0.28 and 0. ...
The Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), also known as the yellow-legged hornet or Asian predatory wasp, is a species of hornet indigenous to Southeast Asia. It is of concern as an invasive species in some other countries, including most of Europe.
The northern giant hornet, which is native to Asian countries including China and Japan, was first detected in North America in August 2019 in British Columbia, Canada. It was confirmed in ...