I’ve been relieved not to have read much of anything this year about Murder Hornets. To quote a CRT school district hystric: “Let Them Die!”.
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-first-giant-murder-hornet-of-the-year-has-been-discovered-in-the-us
I’m in the Seattle area so you made me look! They found an old dead one about 100(?) miles south of the area near Canada that was a hotspot last year. Different markings and DNA which they say means it is a different infestation. (Oh joy!).
It was found near Marysville, about 50(?) miles north of Seattle.
I work out in the woods quite a bit and have stirred up my fair share of ground hornet nests. I think these “murder hornets” have nests up in trees so that is good news for me.