If You See This Murderous Bug, Call Idaho Authorities ASAP

Idaho is no stranger to invasive species, we have plenty that we would love to see wiped out but we'll get to that in just a moment.

For now, we must celebrate a victory in the form of the news we all received from the US Department of Agriculture...

Christmas Came Early

If there was one species on planet Earth that you wish would disappear without any ecosystem consequence, what would it be? We think it's safe to say that there are quite a few people who would choose a bug, say like a mosquito. They're annoying, right?

Well, the US Department of Agriculture fulfilled the fantasy of wiping out an invasive (and nightmare-inducing) creature we all have come to know as the "Murder Hornet."

In a report from the Associated Press, pest program manager of the Washington State Department of Agriculture, Sven Spichiger said:

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.

One of the methods used in the eradication of "Satan's House Flies", scientists reportedly tied a small tracking device to a live hornet using dental floss. Then they tracked this hornet back to a major nest "just as a number of queens were just beginning to emerge."

Then, the scientists absolutely annihilated this nest with what we can only imagine is the mother of all bug nukes.

The hornets apparently hadn't been detected since being tracked in Washington back in 2021. It seems now though, that scientists have finally finished the job and got rid of the hornets from the US entirely.

Here's the thing... the eradication of the murder hornets also known as Asian giant hornets is big news. So, if you spot one of these murder hornets in the wild of Idaho... you should probably report it to authorities as soon as possible being that we're all under the impression they're gone for good.

We don't need any rogue murder hornets rebuilding their empire here in Idaho, do we?