Also known as Asian giant hornets, the murder hornets can be 2 inches long and are native to tropical parts of East Asia. They feast upon medium-sized insects, including bees, beetles and other ...

There have been no confirmed sightings of the northern giant hornet, previously known as the Asian giant hornet or ... including parts of China, India, Japan and Sri Lanka, Vespa mandarinia ...

The invasion of North America by the largest hornet in the world, an aggressive species native to Japan and other parts of East Asia ... nests be detected. The Asian giant hornet can grow up ...

WASHINGTON STATE — The northern giant hornet, which used to be referred to as the Asian giant hornet or murder hornet, has now been declared eradicated in Washington state and the United States.

"None of this would be possible without everybody in Washington State and also from other parts of the country ... citizen scientists to trap Asian giant hornets," Spichiger said, recognizing ...

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.