Asian Giant Hornets By Andrea Swalec • Published May 11, 2020 • Updated on May 14, 2020 at 4:42 pm Here's a look at the world's largest hornet, which was found in late 2019 in Washington state. 4 photos 1/4 Elaine Thompson/AFP via Getty Images 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. 2/4 Elaine Thompson/AFP via Getty Images 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. 3/4 Elaine Thompson/AFP via Getty Images 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. 4/4 Elaine Thompson/AFP via Getty Images 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. More Photo Galleries Photos: Pro-Palestinian demonstrations on US college campuses Photos: Pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian demonstrations clash at University of California, Los Angeles O.J. Simpson, a life in pictures The 2024 Solar Eclipse in pictures