The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a ...

The world’s largest hornet, native to Asia, had arrived mysteriously in 2019, but intense eradication efforts prevented the ...

The WSDA and U.S. Departments of Agriculture confirmed that northern giant hornets have not been detected in Washington since 2021 ... In the following years, the WSDA found and eradicated a single ...

"Without the public's support for this effort, it is unlikely we would be announcing the eradication of northern giant hornet today," Sven Spichiger, pest program manager at the WSDA, said in the ...

A Washington State Department of Agriculture team is seen after removing hornets from the first northern giant hornet nest detected in the U.S., during October 2020. (Courtesy of Washington State ...

The Northern giant hornet, more commonly known as the ... To do so, first entomologists had to find the hornets' nests. Finding the nests can be a challenge, because the hornets typically build ...

Agriculture and wildlife officials have announced that they have eradicated the infamous "murder hornet" from the US, five years after the headline-generating insects were first spotted in Washington ...

The northern giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), was first discovered in Washington in December 2019. The work to find and destroy nests went on for several years, until 2021 when four nests in ...

Officials say there have been no confirmed sightings of the aggressive species, native to Japan and other parts of East Asia, ...

According to the WSDA, a northern giant hornet can kill an entire honey bee hive within 90 minutes. WSDA staff opened the section of tree containing the first hornet nest detected in the United ...

Five years after northern giant hornets started showing up in B.C. and Washington state, American officials have declared the invasive species eradicated in the United States.