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First Asian giant hornet (aka murder hornet) sighting of 2021 confirmed in Washington state

The Verge

An Asian giant hornet attacking a paper wasps’ nest is all kinds of nope. The Washington State Department of Agriculture has confirmed the first sighting of a live Asian giant hornet (nickname: murder hornet) in the state this year, the agency said in a news release. Yes I am back on my murder hornet BS. of Agriculture.

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Washington state tracks down another Asian giant hornet nest, with plans to eradicate it soon

GeekWire

An Asian giant hornet tagged with a radio tracker. The Washington State Department of Agriculture said Friday that it has located a new Asian giant hornet nest — the second of 2021 — just a couple weeks after removing a sizable colony of the invasive species from a tree east of Blaine, Wash. WSDA Photo). pic.twitter.com/jrM9CUiqtt.

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New ‘murder hornet’ reported in Washington state, but specimen’s origin puzzles entomologists

GeekWire

A dead Asian giant hornet, next to a can of beer for scale. Less than a year after the Washington State Department of Agriculture located and eradicated a dangerous nest of Asian giant hornets in the northwestern part of the state, entomologists have confirmed the first report of a so-called “murder hornet” for 2021.

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