Posted on 10/27/2022 4:31:45 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Murder hornets may have been eradicated from the United States as Washington recorded no sightings so far this year.
Called Northern giant hornets, or Asian giant hornets, the insects are the largest species of hornet in the world. They are native to Asia, and an invasive species in the U.S. that poses a great risk to the native ecosystem. Scientists are not sure how the species entered the country, though some suspect they may have come from an illegal importation.
The WSDA recorded new sightings of the insect over the next two years. But this year in Washington, there have been none. Nearly 1,400 giant hornet traps were set up over the summer (some from the WSDA, some volunteer) that yielded no captures... The species were first detected in Blaine, Washington in December 2019, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, (WSDA), as well as in British Columbia.
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I invoked my White Privilege and told them to leave, you’re welcome.
Waiting on my shipment of Mongolian death worms.
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We already got shipments of Manchurian Candidates
Unit citations for all the bee colonies that held the line against an unexpected enemy.
They’re baaaaaaack...
In the UK, anyway.
Interesting timing.
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