Murder hornets have gotten a name change; last spotted in B.C. in 2019
While the invasive species, which has been spotted in Washington State and B.C., is known to researchers as Vespa mandarinia, the Entomological Society of America announced the name change on July 25 after proposals by entomologist Chis Looney.
There’s a common naming project through the ESA to rename insects and other species that were previously named to ensure names don’t implicate racial ideas or denote a group of people, making the new names more considerate, Wallin said. “Depending on the stings they can be a health danger to people, but I think it’s a misnomer hence we don’t use it, it grabs attention for sure, it’s not a term that we’re comfortable with,” Wallin said, speculating the hornet’s impact on the honeybee population may have provided them with that name.
With the invasive northern giant hornet spotted at the border in Washington, the Invasive Species Council B.C. is prepared to track any hornets which may linger in B.C. areas. “[The northern giant hornet] happens to be big, it happens to eat a lot, it happens to eat a large range of insects and can certainly attack honeybee hives,” Wallin said. “When you look at introducing anything, whether it’s a northern giant hornet or a goldfish, what you’re doing is you’re taking that insect putting it into an environment it is not native to and it does not come with predators that keep it in check.
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