Experts say that 'murder hornets' are not, in fact, invading the US

• Following reports of Asian giant hornets — native to China, Korea, and Japan — making landfall in the US for the first time, people began to fear the possibility of an invasion of the nearly two-inch long hornet.
• Nicknamed the "murder hornet," the Asian giant hornet has the ability to decapitate honeybees and kill humans with its venom.
• However, entomologists told Business Insider that reports of a "murder hornet" takeover in the US are overblown.
• "It's not an existential threat to mankind or to the US or to our honeybee industry to have," entomologist Doug Yanega told Business Insider. "Even if they do get established and build a foothold here, the scale of the threat is greatly overblown."
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A two-inch "murder hornet" with the ability to decapitate honeybees and kill humans with their venom is sure to induce fear and alarm.

So when reports emerged of the Asian giant hornet — native to parts of China, Korea, and Japan — making landfall for the first time in the US, it incited panic across social media.

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