Waz 4,203 Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 (edited) 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 Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,415 Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 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. Quote Link to post
Waz 4,203 Posted November 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 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. Quote Link to post
ZacB 110 Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) 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 Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,415 Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 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. Quote Link to post
Waz 4,203 Posted November 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 Its an air vent in the wall, not holes they had burrowed in. So they originally built the nest in the cavity and outgrew. Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,415 Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 That's a relief, LOL. Quote Link to post
ratattack 111 Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 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. Quote Link to post
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