Officials say there have been no confirmed sightings of the aggressive species, native to Japan and other parts of East Asia, since 2021.

I]t is a rare day when the humans actually get to win one against the insects,” says Washington State Department of Agriculture pest-program manager.

In the U.S., around 72 people die from bee and hornet stings each year ... long and were formerly called Asian giant hornets, gained attention in 2013 when they killed 42 people in China and ...