Identify Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet:
Does it look very black?
Has it got a dark abdomen with a wide orange stripe on 4th segment?
Do its legs look as if they have been dipped in yellow paint?
Has it got a black head with an orange face?
Is it’s thorax black and velvety?
Image by David Walker and used courtesy of NBU
Animal & Plant Health Agency have put together a short film to help you identify them too:
YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4DRki97wzg
Sound of a Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet:
This was recorded in a bathroom at former BBKA Trustee Bob Hogge’s house in Jersey where he is keeping a colony of Yellow-Legged Asian Hornets for study. They have a very deep buzz:
hornetbuzz(1)(1).mp3
Don’t confuse Yellow-Legged Asian Hornets with other insects:
Slightly smaller than the native European Hornet, the Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet may be confused with other species shown belo…