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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 Asian giant hornet (V. mandarinia) lives in the Primorsky Krai, Khabarovsky Krai (southern part), and Jewish Autonomous Oblast regions of Russia, and China, Korea, Taiwan, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indochina, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, but is most commonly found in the mountains of Japan, where they are commonly known as the ...
Native to forested parts of Asia, the northern giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, is viewed as a significant threat to Western honey bees because they have no natural defense against the aggressive ...
State and federal officials declared victory over northern giant hornets, also known as “murder hornets,” in a Thursday press release from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA).
Vespa soror, also known as the southern giant hornet, [1] is a species of hornet present in India, Northern Thailand, Laos, Northern Vietnam, and parts of South China, including Hong Kong, Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan Island. [2] V. soror is one of the largest hornets, though smaller than the Asian giant hornet (V. mandarinia).
A live yellow-legged hornet found in Georgia is the first to be discovered in the United States. A cousin of the larger northern giant hornet, the yellow-legged hornet also preys on honeybees.
The largest known social wasps are the queens of the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia). They can have a body length exceeding 6 cm (2.4 in) and a 9.3 cm (3.7 in) wingspan. They can have a body length exceeding 6 cm (2.4 in) and a 9.3 cm (3.7 in) wingspan.
The so-called "murder hornet" has been eradicated from the United States, five years after the invasive species was first discovered in Washington state, officials declared Wednesday. There have ...