Experts have revealed Asian hornets, which are twice the size of a wasp and can munch on 50 bees a day, have been seen ...

The UK has reported its earliest-ever sighting of the Asian hornet. The insect was found on January 24 in Oswestry, Shropshire, much further north than its usual sightings in the UK. These hornets ...

Article continues below Until now, Asian hornets have mainly been observed in the UK during late summer with sightings peaking in September and October. Fears that the invasive species is now able ...

Here are all the Asian Hornet sightings in the UK since 2023. Each Asian Hornet, which is twice the size of a wasp, can eat up to 50 bees a day. As a result, Asian Hornet nests are destroyed as soon ...

and the UK. They identified 1,449 different prey which had been fed by adult hornets to their larvae in the nests, more than half of which (55%) could be identified as a specific species.

Officials say one of the yellow-legged insects was captured on January 24 this year in the small town. Until now, Asian hornets have mainly been observed in the UK during late summer with sightings ...

The earliest-ever sighting of a bee-killing Asian hornet has been confirmed in the UK. Officials say one of the yellow-legged insects was captured on January 24 this year in Oswestry, Shropshire.

The researchers from the University of Exeter carried out genetic analysis in a method called “deep sequencing” to identify prey species in the guts of more than 1,500 hornet larvae from 103 nests in ...