Vespa Mandarinia

News of invasive 'murder hornets' in the North-West seabord: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/beekeepers-brace-for-next-round-with-canadas-murder-hornets/ar-BB1coQGB  

Other invasive hornets are also available: 

Killer Asian hornets threatening to invade UK could be stopped – with pies - Daily Star

PLEASE let this be true: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/killer-asian-hornets-threatening-invade-22222495

The Joy of Pests

Nice piece here. Check out the joy on Shane Jones' fizzog: https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/18446981.pest-controller-warns-hornet-wasp-season-started-really-early-basingstoke/

Murder hornets

'Murder hornets' in Washington state threaten bees and whip up media swarm

This story refers (I think) to the invasion in the US of Asian Giant Hornet, Vespa mandarinia, in the same way that we face the woes caused by the Asian Hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax

https://clicklancashire.com/2020/05/04/murder-hornets-in-washington-state-threaten-bees-and-whip.html

Asian Hornet Hunters

https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2019-08-27/asian-hornet-hunters-dissect-nests-to-find-out-more-about-species/

BWARS and Vespa velutina

Found this site - the Bee, Wasp and Ant Recording Society, with a scrap of info about Vespa velutina:  http://www.bwars.com/Vespa_velutina

Download the information sheet here: http://www.bwars.com/sites/www.bwars.com/files/info_sheets/Vespa_velutina_information_sheet.pdf

First Asian Hornet of 2019 - BBKA news

https://www.bbka.org.uk/news/first-asian-hornet-of-2019

Vespa velutina

And this is the header link: http://frelonasiatique.mnhn.fr/

Vespa velutina

This arrived in my inbox, http://frelonasiatique.mnhn.fr/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/Progression_Invasion_Vespa_velutina-Q_Rome_MNHN.gif

It's a great - worrying - graphic. I like the optimistic areas 'in check,' even if they vanish so quickly.

Asian hornet info

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-uk-sightings-in-2018

Asian hornets in Brittany

Wasps v hornets

A friend found and posted this photo. He wrote:

I've posted a photo below which clearly shows the differences between a wasp (little one)  European hornet (big brown thorax and lots of yellow bands)  and Asian hornet (one yellow band dark thorax (note face colours too!).

If I could credit the photographer, I would

Asian hornet

Asian hornet: Fowey nest destroyed as two new sightings confirmed in Liskeard and Hull

Two more sightings of Asian hornets have been confirmed and surveillance activity is underway

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-fowey-nest-destroyed-as-two-new-sightings-confirmed-in-liskeard-and-hull

Asian hornet in Cornwall

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-identified-in-cornwall