Over the past few years many words have been written about an invasive insect known casually as the “murder hornet”—more formally, the Asian giant hornet, or northern giant hornet. But this week, the ...

The hornet is formally known as Vespa mandarinia. Experts previously described it as the “Asian giant hornet,” and some even less formally as a “murder hornet,” but the Entomological ...

The Asian hornet is believed to have arrived in southwestern France in a shipment of pottery from Shanghai in 2004. Since then, it has spread across France, expanded into neighbouring countries ...

Finding and removing Asian hornet nests in the Channel Islands is a challenge which is only going to grow, according to experts. Asian hornets have spread through Europe after arriving in southern ...

The invasive species Vespa velutina nigrithorax, commonly known as the Asian hornet, reached the Basque Country in 2010 and has since been causing damage in terms of the environment and human ...

The dissection of Asian hornet nests is being carried out to inform the strategy used to manage the invasive species in Guernsey. The species, which feeds on honeybees and other pollinators ...

“You know, we had a couple programs available that allowed citizen scientists to trap Asian giant hornets,” Spichiger said, recognizing the important contributions from the community that led ...