Georgia Department of Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper said officials located a second yellow-legged hornet nest on Wilmington Island near Savannah, while pest experts continue efforts to ...

After the invasive yellow-legged hornet was spotted in Georgia, ... Also known as Vespa velutina hornets or "Asian hornets," the wasps' nests are generally egg-shaped and can house up to 6,000 ...

Two of the nests were found in live oaks, one was in a pecan tree, and one was in a shed. The PPD team has been tracking Yellow-Legged Hornets since early 2024.

A search and destroy mission is on for the yellow-legged hornet, an insect highly sought after by Clemson University's Department of Plant Industry. The mission comes after a Beaufort County man ...

Officials said the yellow-legged hornet is a social wasp species that builds egg-shaped paper nests, often in trees. These nests can become huge, with an average of 6,000 insects.

With Spring underway, Yellow-Legged hornet queens are in their early stages of starting new nests. One of these early nests, called an ‘embryo nest’ was reported in early April by a Beaufort County ...

Three more yellow-legged hornet nests — in addition to two previously reported — have been found and eradicated in the Savannah area. The yellow-legged hornet is a non-native species and, if ...

The first nest of the yellow-legged hornet was eradicated Aug. 23, two weeks after Georgia officials confirmed the hornet’s presence in the U.S. Georgia Department of Agriculture Two weeks after ...

If you come across a yellow-legged hornet nest, you may report your findings here and include photos. It is advised to leave the nest undisturbed so field inspectors can properly dispose of it.

“Every Yellow-legged hornet embryo nest that we are able to find and destroy this spring represents thousands of hornets that will never come into existence,” Georgia Ag. Commissioner Tyler Harper ...

The first nest of the yellow-legged hornet was eradicated Aug. 23, two weeks after Georgia officials confirmed the hornet’s presence in the U.S. Georgia Department of Agriculture Two weeks after ...

The first nest of the yellow-legged hornet was eradicated Aug. 23, two weeks after Georgia officials confirmed the hornet’s presence in the U.S. Georgia Department of Agriculture ...