Name game. Comparing the native ranges of two huge hornet species shows why the Entomological Society of America picked “northern giant hornet” as the common name for Vespa mandarinia, which ...

The “murder hornet” is no more. At least, its name is gone. The Entomological Society of America and the Entomological Society of Canada have adopted a new name for the murder hornet, also ...

The name “Asian giant hornet” can also be confusing because all hornets, including the 22 species of wasps in the genus Vespa, are native or common to Asia.

The proposal to establish a common name came from Dr. Chris Looney, who has been actively involved in the state's hornet research and efforts to eradicate northern giant hornet from Washington ...

Vespa mandarinia, widely referred to as the "murder hornet," was known by the common name Asian giant hornet. The Entomological Society of America hopes that moniker will become a thing of the past.

There’s a committee that gets these requests, and then they will study those, and there are certain criteria that we follow. And then we will say yes, we accept this common name, or we don’t.

The new name is intended to comply with ESA's insect common names guidelines, which include avoiding naming insects using geographic regions. "Murder hornets" in America: What you need to know 66 ...

Murder hornets will be referred to as "northern giant hornets" in the state of Washington thanks to the Entomological Society of America's Common Names of Insects and Related Organisms List.

The proposal to establish a common name came from Dr. Chris Looney, who has been actively involved in the state’s hornet research and efforts to eradicate northern giant hornet from Washington ...

Ted S. WarrenFILE – In this May 4, 2020, file photo, an Asian giant hornet from Japan is held on a pin by Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the Washington Murder hornets given new common name ...