Brit captures large hornet that ‘seems to be prefer it may laser its means out of field’
A teenage girl has revealed her horror after a giant hornet flew out of her fireplace and terrorised her family, as an invasion of the beasts in the UK gathers pace.
The schoolgirl, from the UK, took to Reddit, to complain about the pest that appears to be a European hornet, as their Asian cousins are spotted more and more across the south coast of the country.
The European hornet has a brown thorax and brown and yellow stripes on its body, rather than a mainly brown abdomen except for one yellow segment boasted by the Asian hornet.
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And despite the fact that the fearsome-looking hornet is actually much less aggressive than the common wasp, Brits are recoiling in horror at the sight of them.
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Taking to Reddit, the British teen said she was brought to tears by the pest. She explained: “Last summer I had TWO of these f****s FLY INTO MY ROOM ONE BY ONE. (I cried and had to get my dad to catch them)
“Just now I was watching telly when this f***r CRAWLS OUT OF THE FIREPLACE!!!! This thing was HUGE!!! The picture does NOT do it justice.”
She said last summer was the first time she had ever seen a hornet.
The girl continued: “They are absolutely terrifying. Last year was the first time in my life I ever saw them (explaining why I was in tears and so frightened) and I thought after that I’d never experience them again BUT NO.
“Has anyone else had one of these in their homes? They are absolutely frightening and I genuinely couldn’t look at it without gagging.”
(Image: Dan Saunders)
In response, dozens of Brits shared their experiences and one person added: “Not trying to alarm you, but that thing looks like it could laser its way out of that box and I can’t imagine it’ll be too happy to have been trapped inside it.”
The Daily Star’s very own head of pictures Dan Saunders encountered a huge European hornet when having a post-work pint with his wife Carly in Margate.
He said: “I met the wiffle from work, and went for a pint on Margate Arm, and it joined us. TBH it was terrifyingly large, but really relaxed. I guess at that size you would fear no one.”
It comes as Asian hornets continue to cause panic across the UK. There have been three confirmed sighting of Asian hornet in the UK in 2024. Two were spotted in Kent, with one sighting coming in East London.
A sighting is considered confirmed when a specimen has been analysed by an official laboratory with a positive outcome.
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