( NewsNation ) — “Murder hornets,” the largest wasps in the world, have been eradicated from the United States.
The U.S. and Washington Departments of Agriculture announced the news Dec. 18, almost five years since they were last sighted.
“I’ve gotta tell you, as an entomologist — I’ve been doing this for over 25 years now, and it is a rare day when the humans actually get to win one against the insects,” Sven Spichiger, pest program manager of the Washington State Department of Agriculture, said in a virtual news conference…