Posts Tagged: Vespa mandarinia
Targeting the Asian Giant Hornet, aka Murder Hornet, and Now 'The Northern Giant Hornet'
“Weird and Wonderful Wasps,” including the Asian giant hornet, aka “murder...
The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, dubbed by the news media as "the murder hornet" and now commonly known as "the Northern Giant Hornet." (Image courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture)
Murder Hornets: Murder in the First Degree?
Want to learn about "murder hornets?" Entomologists cringe every time someone substitutes the...
The Asian giant hornet, which the news media named "murder hornet." (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture)
Good News on the Asian-Giant-Hornet News Front
California this year has faced the COVID-19 pandemic, disastrous wildfires, racial unrest, and...
The Asian giant hornet measures a little less than two inches long. A nest was recently discovered and destroyed near Blaine, Wash. (Photo courtesy of the Washington Department of Agriculture)
Close-up of the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia. (Photo courtesy of Washington Department of Agriculture)
What You Need to Know About That Invasive Giant Hornet
It's good to see Washington State University Extension's newly published, updated fact sheet on the...
This is a female Vespa mandarinia japonica by Yasunori Koide. (Creative Commons photo)
Screen shot of the life cycle that appears in the WSU Extension fact sheet on the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia. (Courtesy of WSU)
Trapping the Asian Giant Hornet
Just when folks were beginning to think "it may be over and done" regarding Asian giant hornet...
This is the Asian giant hornet trapped July 14 at Birch Bay, Whatcom County, Washington. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Department of Food and Agriculture)
These Asian giant hornet images from the Washington State Department of Agriculture shows (from left), an example of a worker; the specimen collected July 14; an example of the queen.
This map on Stephane De Greef's Facebook page, "Is This a Murder Hornet," shows the 10-mile radius where the Asian giant hornets were found. (Map courtesy of Stephane De Greef)