A northern giant hornet was possibly seen in the Burley area near Port Orchard, the Washington State Department of Agriculture posted on X Oct. 15. The department can’t confirm the species until ...

There has been a possible sighting of a northern giant hornet, previously nicknamed “murder hornet.” The Washington Department of Agriculture (WSDA) confirmed, via a news release on Monday ...

The northern giant hornet, which used to be referred to as the Asian giant hornet or murder hornet,is native to Asia and was first found in the U.S. in Blaine near the U.S.-Canadian border in 2019.

The northern giant hornet, sometimes nicknamed the “murder hornet,” is also the same species as the previously-spotted “Asian giant hornet,” but entomologists had settled on a new official ...