There are over 5,000 varieties of hornet. The previous record-holding giant hornet has a wingspan as long as 7.6 cm. Photo. Visually impaired team takes part in Dongguan dragon boat race.

The population of Asian giant hornets (vespa mandarinia), as they’re known, ... Since then, Chinese hornets have spread at a pace of up to 100 km (62 miles) a year.

Last year, when a Canadian team tackled an Asian giant hornet nest in Nanaimo, ... and it's not clear if the suits are actually made by the Chinese company that is selling them on Amazon.

An invasion of Asian giant hornets became the latest 2020 worry — and internet sensation — as the term "murder hornet" began to trend over the weekend.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture will now begin referring to what was most often called the “Asian giant hornet” as the “northern giant hornet.” The change came after the ...

Deadly Chinese hornet attacks. More than 40 people have been killed and and 1,640 people seriously injured by a deadly attack of giant, vicious hornets in the Shaanxi province of central China.

Just when you thought 2020 could not get any worse. Now we have giant “murder hornets” with freakish eyes and a venomous sting to add to this year’s list of worries.

Huge Chinese hornets have killed over a dozen people this summer. ... Giant Sting-Crazy Chinese Hornets Are Going To Kill Us All. Brian Grubb Editor-at-Large Twitter. September 26, 2013 ...

The presence of northern giant hornets, which are native to Asia and have only recently been introduced to North America., became a hot topic in 2019 when authorities in Nanaimo, B.C., reported ...

Its Latin name is vespa mandarinia and is more commonly known as a 'murder hornet' or 'Asian giant hornet' - but will now be called a 'northern giant hornet'.