News of insects nicknamed murder hornets invading the US might feel like the plot to a horror film, but maybe you'll feel better knowing the pests make for a tasty snack. The Asian giant hornet ...

Invasive Asia Hornets could cause havoc as they start to come out of hibernation in the UK - several of the non-native species have, worryingly, already been spotted ...

The insect formerly known as the “murder hornet” and the “Asian giant hornet” has a new name – “northern giant hornet” –after two insect associations said “the usage of ‘Asian ...

Whether it’s bees or wasps, many Brits aren’t the biggest fans of insects. Now, there’s another insect to look out for this summer, in the form of the Asian Hornet. The National Bee Unit has ...

A giant wasp-like insect was discovered by Samantha, Stoneley, 28, after it fell out of the sky and landed dead in her back garden. Experts believe it to be a harmless wood wasp.

The main prey of the Asian hornet is honeybees, with one insect killing up to 50 bees a day, devastating entire colonies. Defra. Researchers examined 1,500 hornet larvae from 103 nests in Jersey, ...

The first Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet in the UK was discovered in 2016. The beekeeping association has this week taken to X, formerly known as Twitter to tell people what action should be taken if ...

Bald-faced hornets feed on many pest insects. The adults eat nectar from flowers, making them important pollinators, but they also feed insects and arthropods to their larvae.

Invasive Asian hornets are "highly flexible predators" that eat hundreds of different species of insects, including many important pollinators, researchers have warned. Researchers from the ...

Single ‘murder hornet’ queen may have led insect’s aggressive invasion of Europe. Scientists say findings are both ‘bad news’ and ‘good news’ for control of the invasive species in ...

M embers of the public have urged to look out for a "highly aggressive" invasive insect after a rare sighting was confirmed in the North East. Asian hornets are an invasive species that experts ...

View comments. A 'murder' hornet, a dangerous and invasive insect species, has been spotted in the Pacific Northwest for the first time in three years.