‘Murder hornets’ have a new common name: Northern giant hornet
Worries over rising anti-Asian bias added urgency to picking a new name for Asian giant hornets
![portrait of a northern giant hornet specimen](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/072522_sm_giant-hornet_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
U.S. insect scientists chose a new, mild common name — northern giant hornet — for what’s been sensationalized as a murder hornet. Until now, less sensational scientists called it the Asian giant hornet.
Hanna Royals, Museum Collections: Hymenoptera, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org (CC BY-NC 3.0)