Asian hornets

[Stubby]

I thought I read somewhere that when they sting its more of a " slashing " action as one would with a sabre .........

[Stuart Phillips]

I'm going to sort out the timer on my central heating, then pray for a hard winter, rather than another of the dreary damp ones we have endured for the past few years.

[Stubby]

I'm going to sort out the timer on my central heating, then pray for a hard winter, rather than another of the dreary damp ones we have endured for the past few years.

 

Did Asian Hornets bugger up the timer ?

[Lazurus]

Been several nest here in North Norfolk, we had a wasp nest above the office and the chap that came to deal said his company has had a "lot" of the Asian nests to deal with. Hopefully the queens will now have mated and left and the colonies will die off. Another migrant species to deal with........

[Paul in the woods]

Been several nest here in North Norfolk, we had a wasp nest above the office and the chap that came to deal said his company has had a "lot" of the Asian nests to deal with. Hopefully the queens will now have mated and left and the colonies will die off. Another migrant species to deal with........

 

Are you sure they're Asian hornets and not the native ones? As far as I'm aware there's only been two sightings of Vespa velutina in the UK so far.

 

Asian Hornet spotted in the UK for a second time - BBC News

Edited October 7, 2016 by Paul in the woods

[Gary Prentice]

On 07/10/2016 at 14:25, Paul in the woods said:

 

Are you sure they're Asian hornets and not the native ones? As far as I'm aware there's only been two sightings of Vespa velutina in the UK so far.

 

Asian Hornet spotted in the UK for a second time - BBC News

Reading the updates, apart from huge increases in the Channel Isles this year, they've been positively identified in Hull and Hampshire (this week).

 

There's a good guide on ident from Non Native Species Secretariat 

ID_Vespa_velutina_(Asian_Hornet)_3.0.pdf

[Paul in the woods]

Yes, more sightings this year: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-uk-sightings-in-2018

 

Funnily enough we got a large number of native hornets about this year.

 

 

[Gary Prentice]

Published yesterday. Can't get much more up to date than late. The Bury sighting isn't that far from me.

 

From another forum - "Jersey have gone past 50 nests found and destroyed this year alone (up from 7 or 8 I think last year)."  

Maybe the weather has been a significant factor?

Edited September 29, 2018 by Gary Prentice

[Mick Dempsey]

I was spiking up a Douglas last week and happened to look up and see an Asian hornets nest above me (confirmed by the pest control man who came to destroy the nest) 

 

 Lucky really because they’re aggressive bastards, very nearly killed tree guy a little while back.

[Stubby]

8 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I was spiking up a Douglas last week and happened to look up and see an Asian hornets nest above me (confirmed by the pest control man who came to destroy the nest) 

 

 Lucky really because they’re aggressive bastards, very nearly killed tree guy a little while back.

Blimey Mick !