ISU entomologist doubts murder hornets will make it to Iowa

An expert on insects says there’s no evidence so-called “murder hornets” are in Iowa and it’s entirely possible they’ll never buzz this far inland. Donald Lewis, an extension entomologist at Iowa State University, prefers to use the wasp’s proper name, Vespa mandarinia, or the Asian giant hornet. “That’s the official name,” Lewis says. “It was […]