{"id":637052,"date":"2026-05-11T18:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/637052\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T18:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:40:11","slug":"invasive-yellow-legged-hornet-found-at-port-of-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/637052\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasive yellow-legged hornet found at Port of Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">VANCOUVER Wash. (KPTV) &#8211; Washington state is asking people to watch for a highly invasive hornet after one was spotted at the Port of Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Washington State Department of Agriculture said a yellow-legged hornet was found on a vessel at the port on April 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The hornet is named for its legs, which are yellow on the lower half. The fourth segment on the abdomen is also yellow-orange.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Yellow-legged hornet found at Port of Vancouver in Washington\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/VZDHKRJCBJHFNNDRPRJYS5PODI.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"699\" \/>Yellow-legged hornet found at Port of Vancouver in Washington(Washington State Department of Agriculture)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The yellow-legged hornet is smaller than the northern giant hornet, which was found in the state in 2019 and was eradicated in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The department said the yellow-legged hornet is around an inch long. The queen is slightly larger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The hornets usually build nests surrounded with a paper-like covering in tree branches or other outdoor areas. The nests can be very large and have up to 6,000 hornets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The state said the hornets have rapidly spread through Europe, destroying honey bee hives. They have also been found in Georgia and South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">People who see what they think is a yellow-legged hornet should take a photo. If it is safe, they should try to collect one and put it in the freezer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sightings should be <a href=\"https:\/\/agr.wa.gov\/about-wsda\/news-and-media-relations\/news-releases?article=46922\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/agr.wa.gov\/about-wsda\/news-and-media-relations\/news-releases?article=46922\">reported to the WSDA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KPTV-KPDX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER Wash. (KPTV) &#8211; Washington state is asking people to watch for a highly invasive hornet after one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-637052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}