(CNN) There's at least one Asian giant hornet, the largest pest of its kind, buzzing around Washington state, and it's scaring locals silly.

But it's not here to prick people -- it's much hungrier for honeybees.

A resident found the nearly 2-inch hornet in Blaine, a city that sits on the US-Canada border, the Washington State Department of Agriculture reported

The department took that specimen, which had died, though the resident reported seeing a live hornet buzzing near a bird feeder before escaping into a nearby forest.

It's unusual to see the Asian giant hornet in Washington for a few reasons. It's never been seen in the state before, for one -- it's native to east Asia. And it's typically dormant during the winter, opting to buzz about between July and October.

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