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

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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. One nest down but the work continues!

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Second ‘murder hornet’ nest eradicated and a third nest has been located in Washington state

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An Asian giant hornet collected from a nest in Washington state on Sept. The Washington State Department of Agriculture eradicated another Asian giant hornet nest over the weekend and said it located the third nest of 2021, which it also planned to destroy soon. ” The comb from an Asian giant hornet nest on Sept.

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Photos: Tree deep in Asian giant hornet nest, entomologists recover ‘chewed off’ radio tracker

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Just in time for Halloween, the Washington State Department of Agriculture is revealing just what was inside a truly haunted house, or nest. They were led to its location — the first such discovery of an Asian giant hornet nest in the U.S. after trapping and tagging a hornet with a tiny radio transmitter.

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All in the murderous family: Asian giant hornets found in Washington in 2021 came from 2020 nest

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A queen Asian giant hornet is shown on a nest built inside a tree in Whatcom County, Wash. The Washington State Department of Agriculture generated worldwide attention when it successfully eradicated an Asian giant hornet nest in the northwest part of the state in the fall of 2020. WSDA Photo). in October 2020.

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Using radio trackers, scientists finally locate ‘murder hornet’ nest in Washington state

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An Asian giant hornet is seen emerging from a nest in a tree on a property in Blaine, Wash. Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologists have successfully located an Asian giant hornet nest on a property in Blaine, Wash., It’s the first such nest ever found in the U.S. WSDA screen grab). on Thursday.

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New ‘murder hornet’ nest located in Washington state as scientists again use tiny tracking tech

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An Asian giant hornet is shown flying with a bent tracker device that scientists used to follow the insect back to its nest. Tech has passed the test again in helping to track down another Asian giant hornet nest in Washington state. The nest is at the base of a tree. and the nest was spotted around 9:15 a.m. WSDA Photo).

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First ‘murder hornet’ of 2021 spotted in Washington state, 2 miles from where old nest was eradicated

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An Asian giant hornet is shown attacking a paper wasp nest in Whatcom County, Washington. about two miles from where a large nest of the species was eradicated last fall. The hornet was photographed attacking a paper wasp nest and state entomologists reviewed and confirmed it as an Asian giant hornet on Thursday.

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