Experts told Newsweek the insect appears to be a European hornet—and it may be attempting to eat the mouse.
"The hornet clearly fancies its chances and sees a large meal there. It looks to me very much as if it's trying to kill it so that they can eat it. Hornets don't normally attack mammalian prey, it must be said."
Though not a native species, the European hornet was first reported in the U.S. in 1840, when it was sighted in New York. Today, its range extends across much of the eastern and central U.S., reaching as far west as the Dakotas and as far south as Florida. The sighting comes just months after the first-ever confirmed report of an Asian giant hornet in the states, which was reported in Blaine, Washington, near the U.S. Canada border, in December 2019. Canada has also confirmed the presence of Asian giant hornets at two locations in British Columbia.
The Washington State Department of Agriculture has warned that if the species becomes established it could have a harmful effect on the state's environment and economy, as well as public health.
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