murder hornet
noun
Note: This insect, formerly known as the Asian giant hornet, murder hornet, or Japanese giant hornet, was officially renamed the northern giant hornet by the Entomological Society of America in July 2022 in order to comply with Society policies discouraging geographic references for invasive species.
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Simrin Singh, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2023
Washington state eradicated a giant nest of nearly 1,500 murder hornets in 2021.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2023
Earlier this year, nearly 1,000 hornet traps were set in Whatcom County, where the murder hornets were confirmed.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2022
No murder hornet deaths have been reported in the USA.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2021
The northern giant hornet, most notoriously known as the murder hornet, has been given a new common name that accurately describes its origins.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 July 2022
The murder hornet was recently detected in Washington, where entomologists are trying to eradicate it.
—Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 9 Dec. 2020
Instead, the classification is meant to put it on par with creatures like the northern giant hornet, also known as the murder hornet.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 July 2022
In a quest to wipe out the 'murder hornet,' scientists will set 1,000 traps in Washington state.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
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