- Joined
- Feb 21, 2017
- Messages
- 1,081
- Reaction score
- 151
- Location
- Pensilva, East Cornwall
- Number of Hives
- None, ex-beekeeper
Saw an English hornet yesterday, I call it an English hornet as it seems to differ from the European hornet, vespa crabro. I watched it for some time and it is an impressive insect. It didn't seem to be in any hurry to fly away and hovered around some old wood and a pile of old concrete for quite a few minutes. The most impressive thing about it was the sound it made when flying like a Lancaster bomber from the WWII, amazing noise; and almost as big as one!
I left it alone and it eventually went away although it probably means that it and it's giant friends will be back in the Autumn to prey on my bees. As it says in the name Vexator which means, from an on-line dictionary: troubler, harasser, abuser, vexer.
Image from Bing Images.
I left it alone and it eventually went away although it probably means that it and it's giant friends will be back in the Autumn to prey on my bees. As it says in the name Vexator which means, from an on-line dictionary: troubler, harasser, abuser, vexer.
Image from Bing Images.
Last edited: