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 "murder hornet," has been eradicated ... To do so, first entomologists had to find the hornets' nests. Finding the nests can be a challenge, ...

it is unlikely we would be announcing the eradication of northern giant hornet today,” said Sven Spichiger, WSDA pest program manager. “All of our nest detections resulted directly or ...

Finding and removing Asian hornet nests in the Channel Islands is a challenge which is only going to grow, according to experts. Asian hornets have spread through Europe after arriving in southern ...

A forest worker holds two of the dozens of Asian giant hornets vacuumed from a tree in 2020 (Elaine Thompson/AP) Scientists destroyed the nest just as a number of queens were just beginning to ...

previously known as the Asian giant hornet or the more colorful “murder hornet,” since late summer 2021 when four nests were found and destroyed in Whatcom County in northern Washington along ...

Sven Spichiger, Washington State Department of Agriculture managing entomologist, displays a canister of Asian giant hornets vacuumed from a nest in a tree behind him on Oct. 24, 2020, in Blaine ...

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

Washington is the only state that has had confirmed reports of northern giant hornets. Trappers found four nests in 2020 and 2021. Spichiger said Washington will remain on the lookout, despite ...