The yellow-legged hornet is a predator: after it sets up a nest in a new neighborhood, its workers head out in search of smaller wasps, flies and bees to feed the hive’s growing brood.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The once-ominous and much-ballyhooed “murder hornet” has been eradicated in the U.S., but another invasive cousin is spreading in the two-state region. Nests of the ...

He noted that other invasive hornets can also pose problems: Officials in Georgia and South Carolina are fighting yellow-legged hornets, and southern giant hornets were recently detected in Spain.