Washington Officials Just Caught Their First ‘Murder Hornet’—Now They Have Less Than Two Months to Find Its Nest
In early May , a ado of alarming headlines warned us that a new wing beast had landed in the continental U.S. It was theAsian murder hornet(Vespa mandarinia ) , also call off the Asiatic giant hornet , a potentially 2 - in - long pest with a flimflam that one victimdescribedtoThe New York Timesas “ cherry - spicy thumbtacks being driven into my flesh . ” At the time , a few had been blot in Washington state , andentomologistswere set trap to enamour them and track them back to their nest ....