They can be just as cryptic as the name murder hornet. “Sometimes common names are very misleading or they are not very informative,” says Adam Brunke, Chair of the Common Names Committee for the Entomological Society of Canada (ESC). These issues are what the Better Common Names Project aims to address. Male spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) // Credit: S. McCann; Source: Entomological Society of Canada“What happens is that we don’t actually propose any names ourselves. Murder hornet news headline // Source: Saanich NewsIdentifying, suggesting, and standardizing common names is definitely not a one-person job.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2022 12:34 UTC