hornet

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A new online map has been launched for islanders to report Asian hornet sightings in Jersey.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

To investigate whether pond frogs evade or tolerate these potentially lethal stings, Sugiura presented individual adult frogs with workers of three hornet species, Vespa simillima, V. analis, and V. mandarinia, in controlled laboratory trials.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

A hornet sting can trigger sharp pain, tissue damage, and serious systemic problems such as the destruction of red blood cells and cardiac dysfunction, any of which can be fatal.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

If you spot an Asian hornet, take a photograph of it and upload it to the Asian Hornet Watch app.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

There was the snarl of an engine somewhere, not the heavy thump of a zeppelin but something higher like the drone of a hornet It drifted in and out of hearing.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman