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Asian giant hornet gets new name
KIRO via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Washington State Department of Agriculture will now begin referring to what was most often called the “Asian giant hornet” as the “northern giant...
Asian giant hornet trapping season begins Friday
KIRO via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMany Washingtonians have helped in trapping one of the state’s most feared invasive species. Friday marks the start of the Asian giant hornet trapping...
Scientists will set 1,000 traps for murder hornets this year
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists will set about 1,000 traps this year in their quest to wipe out the Asian giant hornet in...
'Murder hornets' get name change to avoid reinforcing anti-Asian sentiments
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEntomologists in the United States and Canada have changed the common name of the “Asian giant...
How Scared Should You Be of Invading ‘Murder Hornets’?
Nerdist via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere’s been a lot of buzz hubbub surrounding the recent arrival of so-called “murder hornets” in...
The infamous and invasive ‘murder hornet’ gets a new name
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTo entomologists, the animal has always been known as Vespa mandarinia. But these giant wasps, with...
Officials on lookout for Asian giant hornets
Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 24—OLYMPIA — There have not been any confirmed sightings of the Asian giant hornet in Washington so far this year, according to Sven-Erik Spichiger, a managing entomologist with the Washington ...
Cicada killer wasps being mistaken for Asian giant hornets; here’s how to tell the difference
KIRO via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn a case of mistaken identity, the Washington State Department of Agriculture said it is receiving...
Murder hornets given new common name by entomologists
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOLYMPIA, Wash. — The invasive hornet found in Washington state that has been referred to as the...
Cicada killer wasp raising murder hornet fears
Lewiston Tribune, Idaho via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 30—State officials have been bugged lately by people who have mistaken a large, orange insect they have encountered for another creature with a nefarious reputation. Danielle Evans, horticulture ...