Asian Hornets

[Waz 4,212]

Thought you 'british' pest controllers might find this interesting.

Asian hornets nest quite active middle of November

Before and after treatment - removal, in France.

Edited November 14, 2016 by Columbo

[neil cooney 10,415]

Bloody hell.

We got scaffold a few years ago from Asia and in side one of the tubes was a nest of those large hornets. When I turned the tube upright the nest slid out and all the Hornets had died from the cold.

They're pretty formidable looking insects. Not something to look forward to if they spread to our shores.

[Waz 4,212]

Theyve arrived Neil, down south west England direction.

 

They came to Bordeaux France aboard a ship from Asia apparently.

 

Gets to minus -15 around me and lowest ever was -20, the following year I anticipated less nests, but no significant change.

[ZacB 110]

a nest of those large hornets.

Actually smaller than our native European hornet - not to mistaken with the "Giant Asian Hornet".

 

Not something to look forward to if they spread to our shores.

Arrived in Tetbury, Gloucestershire a couple of months ago. The nest was destroyed so hopefully no queens had developed/left to hibernate over winter.

 

Sorry Neil, missed the fact that your in Ireland.

 

Interesting/worrying to see they had burrowed into the wall behind.

Edited November 16, 2016 by ZacB

[neil cooney 10,415]

It was the burrowing into the wall that shocked me too.

The dead Hornets I seen that day ,to me, looked bigger than our own. I was glad they were dead, LOL.

[Waz 4,212]

Its an air vent in the wall, not holes they had burrowed in. So they originally built the nest in the cavity and outgrew.

[neil cooney 10,415]

That's a relief, LOL.

[ratattack 111]

Bloody hell.

We got scaffold a few years ago from Asia and in side one of the tubes was a nest of those large hornets. When I turned the tube upright the nest slid out and all the Hornets had died from the cold.

They're pretty formidable looking insects. Not something to look forward to if they spread to our shores.

 

Giant hornets from Asia are a different species, they are huge!

The Asian hornets here are actually smaller than our native ones.