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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 world’s largest hornet, ... Washington is the only state that has had confirmed reports of northern giant hornets. Trappers found four nests in 2020 and 2021.
In 2023, they found one nest, which they swiftly destroyed, containing nearly 1,500 hornets "in various stages of development". In total, four nests were discovered and destroyed.
In the following years, the WSDA found and eradicated a single hornet nest in October 2020, then three nests in August and September 2021. This past year, the WSDA continued trapping efforts in ...
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).
The world’s largest hornet dubbed the “murder hornet” has officially been eradicated from the US, according to officials. ... of Agriculture vacuum a nest of giant hornets back in 2022 ...
The nest was located in the base of a dead alder tree in rural Whatcom County, about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from a nest the agency eradicated last October and about one-quarter mile from where a ...
Scientists discovered the nest of Asian giant hornets near Seattle and plan to wipe it out to protect native honeybees.