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First Live ‘Murder Hornet’ Sighted Near U.S. Canada Border, Say Scientists

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First Live ‘Murder Hornet’ Sighted Near U.S. Canada Border, Say Scientists
In this Oct. 24, 2020 file photo a Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest, in Blaine, Wash. The Canadian Press/AP-Elaine Thompson
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OLYMPIA, Wash.—Scientists from the Washington State Department of Agriculture say they’ve found the first so-called live murder hornet for the year.

In a news release Thursday, entomologists say the Asian giant hornet was seen about a kilometre from the U.S.-Canada border.

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