‘Murder Hornets’ is now officially gone from the US and won’t be seen until 2021

Now they are killing the hornets.

The world’s largest hornet, dubbed the “murder hornet,” has been officially eradicated from the United States, according to officials.

The northern giant hornet crossed into Washington state near the Canadian border in 2019 and has become notorious for their astonishingly large size and their tendency to destroy the hives of docile honey bees and other pollinators.

Now, Washington and the US Department of Agriculture have announced that the deadly insects have been completely eradicated – with no trace of the mega-bugs since 2021. to the associated press,

The authorities once conducted a ‘sting’ operation to eradicate this menace.

According to the report, they attached a small radio device to a hornet, tracked the signal to its home, and then destroyed the nest and the insects within it.

Scientists say they were able to destroy one such hive just as several queen hornets were about to emerge, potentially creating new hives, officials said.

“As an entomologist I have to tell you – I’ve been doing this for over 25 years, and it’s a rare day when humans actually win against insects,” says Sven Spichiger of the Insect Program at Washington State. the Agriculture Department said in a virtual news conference, AP reports.

These insects were responsible for killing 42 people in China in 2013.

In North America, they first appeared in 2019, with sightings in British Columbia in August of the same year and Washington state in December, the report said.

DNA analysis suggests that the samples found in British Columbia and Washington had different origins.

Washington is the only state in the union to have confirmed reports of murder hornets.