I]t is a rare day when the humans actually get to win one against the insects,” says Washington State Department of Agriculture pest-program manager.

It has been announced that the Asian giant hornet, which was feared to be a threat to the United States, has finally been eradicated after a thorough three-year eradication campaign in Washington ...

The hornets, which can be 2 inches (5 cm) long and were formerly called Asian giant hornets ... taking the brood to feed their own young. The hornet can sting through most beekeeper suits ...

The hornets, which can be 2 inches (5 cm) long and were formerly called Asian giant hornets, gained attention in 2013 ... taking the brood to feed their own young. The hornet can sting through most ...

(Karla Salp/Washington State Dept. of Agriculture) Northern giant hornets — Vespa mandarinia — also called Asian giant hornets, are voracious in appetite, predating on honey bees by eating ...

Sven Spichiger, Washington State Department of Agriculture managing entomologist, displays a canister of Asian giant hornets vacuumed ... brood to feed their own young," according to the ...