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'Murder hornet' eradicated from US, officials declare

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The so-called "murder hornet" has been eradicated from the United States , officials say.

There have been no confirmed detections of the pest for the past three years .

The eradication was the result of a yearslong effort to find and eliminate the hornets.

The northern giant hornet was first detected in North America in August 2019 in British Columbia , Canada .

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