{"id":186755,"date":"2024-12-02T13:09:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T13:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/giant-hornets-have-been-sighted-in-europe-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T13:09:19","slug":"giant-hornets-have-been-sighted-in-europe-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/giant-hornets-have-been-sighted-in-europe-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant hornets have been sighted in Europe for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A species of enormous hornets has found its way to Europe for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The southern giant hornet (Vespa soror<\/em>) is native to a broad swath of tropical Asia, but four of the immense insects were recently discovered in Spain<\/a>, researchers report November 9 in Ecology and Evolution<\/em>. If the supersize sojourners manage to establish populations on the continent, they could threaten humans, honeybees and other animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discovery is \u201ca little worrying\u201d says Phil Lester, an entomologist at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. V. soror<\/em> is \u201ca known aggressive honeybee eater. It\u2019s going to attack an awful lot of things,\u201d says Lester, including other wasps, insects and even small vertebrates like geckos. \u201cSo if it gets established and abundant, it could be a real issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n