WSDA, USDA announce eradication of northern giant hornet from the United States

Very nice and a bit of a surprise to me. I hope they are correct.<p>But unless some form of full inspections or spraying N&#x2F;S America wide for containers coming from overseas, we will probably have more of these.<p>With the direction&#x2F;trend of the &quot;US Gov.&quot; being run as a business for the past 40 years, I believe we could very well see these hornets arrive in other areas.<p>IIRC, there is a insect in the East that is killing millions of trees which arrived 10 or 20 years ago. I forgot the details but eradicating them is now impossible.

Invasive species (native to Asia) and 1.5-2” (40-50mm) long. I’m glad they are gone!<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aphis.usda.gov&#x2F;plantsplant-healthplant-pests-and-diseases&#x2F;northern-giant-hornet" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aphis.usda.gov&#x2F;plantsplant-healthplant-pests-and...</a>

Can we do the emerald ash borer next :(

Apparently they are being controlled quite well in the UK at the moment.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;environment&#x2F;2024&#x2F;dec&#x2F;13&#x2F;rapid-spread-of-bee-killing-asian-hornets-halted-in-uk" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;environment&#x2F;2024&#x2F;dec&#x2F;13&#x2F;rapid-sp...</a>

The headline conjures up an image of one giant hornet, rampaging through US cities like Godzilla, carrying a hockey stick to underline its northern&#x2F;Canadian affiliation.

Great, pesticides next.

What&#x27;s the expected longevity of the solutions put in place? I mean, doesn&#x27;t just take a swarm migration outside state border to reverse the trend?

yet another example of thankless work done by regular everyday government employees. Good job USDA&#x2F;WSDA.

I had these around my house earlier this year. Hopefully they really are gone...

Why can agricultural interests get their shit together on eradicating a harmful species while when it comes to human health, eradicating disease-carrying mosquitoes leads to endless hand wringing about playing god and whatnot?

This is the Asian giant hornet. Apparently they had to make a euphemism that would obfuscate the continent of origin, when being from the wrong continent is precisely the reason it needed to be eradicated.

For everyone else confused (I didn&#x27;t hear of the Northern Giant Hornet before and thought of a new species):<p>&quot;July 2022, the Entomological Society of America stated that they will adopt the common name northern giant hornet for the species to avoid potentially discriminatory language&quot; -Wikipedia<p>[Edit] This is not meant judgemental

I live about a mile north of the border and I saw one of these on my deck last summer. They are massive. I do not buy the official timeline.<p>Not “confirmed” of course. Just like the report from 100 miles south of here 2 months ago. “Not confirmed”.<p>They do not believe the “eradication” announcement either clearly as they plan to continue search and trapping efforts throughout 2025 ( from the article ).

Giant hornets all got diabetes on the Standard American Diet and died... is my working theory.