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PHOTO: Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the Washington state Department of Agriculture, poses for a photo with an Asian giant hornet from Japan mounted on a pin in Olympia, Wash., May 4, 2020.
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 northern giant hornet was first reported in Washington state in 2019. The hornets were spotted again in the state in 2020 and 2021. Since then, no northern giant hornets have been found
The hornets, which can be 2 inches long and were formerly called Asian giant hornets, gained attention in 2013, when they killed 42 people in China and seriously injured 1,675. In the US, around ...
In 2022, the Entomological Society of America changed its name to northern giant hornet from its previous "Asian giant hornet" due to concerns about anti-Asian bias. You might also like:
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 ...
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