"We expect there are more nests out there and, like this one, we hope to find them before they can produce new queens."
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WSDA entomologists are planning to eradicate the nest next week.
The captured hornets were equipped with tracking devices to be followed back to their nest(s).
This hornet is exhibiting the same behavior we saw last year – attacking paper wasp nests.”
"... the nest will educate county residents at next week’s Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden before reaching its final destination – the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C."
Property owners do not have to do anything other than allow WSDA staff to place the traps and check them every week or 2.
DNA testing and the color variation of the specimen indicate it is not a relative to specimens found in Whatcom County and Canada.
"Asian giant hornets feed on insects and are of particular concern to beekeepers because they are capable of quickly destroying honeybee hives."
More than 500 Asian giant hornet specimens in various stages of development were collected.