Here's a look at the world's largest hornet, which was found in late 2019 in Washington state.
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Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, bottom, a sample sent from Japan and brought in for research, next to a native bald-faced hornet collected in a trap on May 7, 2020, in Blaine, Washington.
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Dead Asian giant hornets, queens lined-up on top and the smaller workers below, all samples brought in for research, are displayed with a field notebook on May 7, 2020, in Blaine, Washington.
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Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample sent from Japan and brought in for research, on May 7, 2020, in Blaine, Washington.
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Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample sent from Japan and brought in for research, on May 7, 2020, in Blaine, Washington.
