EditorialChristian Cowan’s childhood ambition of becoming an entomologist is reflected in the décor of his Greenwich Village apartment on April 7, 2023. (Seth Caplan/The New York Times)
EditorialChris Looney, a Washington State entomologist, displays a dead Asian giant hornet on his jacket in Blaine, Wash., April 23, 2020. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialChris Looney, a Washington State entomologist, holds a dead Asian giant hornet in Blaine, Wash., April 23, 2020. (Ruth Fremson / The New York Times)
EditorialChris Looney, a Washington State entomologist, displays a dead two-inch Asian giant hornet on his jacket in Blaine, Wash. on April 23, 2020. (Ruth Fremson / The New York Times)