Armed with one of the most painful stings on ... larger than themselves - but these wasps do so with little risk to their own lives. 'The wasps always win. I don't think anyone has ever seen a ...

Insecticides will not destroy the nests, however. Nests that are not visible, where wasps and hornets are only seen flying around an opening, are the most difficult to remove. Hahn said professional ...

The handful of colony-living, nest-building species is just a tiny fraction of overall wasp diversity, estimated at more than 9,000 species in the UK alone. Most wasps are solitary, some are tiny ...

were the most common species (both representing 44%). The European hornet (Vespa crabro) made up 6%, while two rarer species were also found. Social wasps such as the hornets and yellow-jackets ...

The insects are an invasive species, which means they are from outside the UK and are a threat to native wildlife, such as bees and wasps ... that Asian hornets are no less dangerous to humans ...