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STOP WORRYING: ‘Murder' Hornets Aren’t Coming, Experts Say STOP WORRYING: ‘Murder' Hornets Aren’t Coming, Experts Say
Stop Worrying: ‘Murder' Hornets Aren’t Coming, Experts Say Fearmongering warnings of a pending "murder hornet" invasion are creating unnecessary worry, experts in the field say. There are no confirmed reports of the large pest’s presence anywhere else in North America but in Washington State and British Columbia – and those were from last year, said Professor Dina M. Fonseca, director of the Center for Vector Biology in the Department of Entomology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick. The Asian giant hornet (vespa mandarinia) "has not yet been detected this spring and we do not expect them on the East Co…