European hornets have distinct looks, depending on their role in the central hive. Workers — the most common type seen flying around outside — grow to be about an inch to an inch-and-a-half long.

these hornets fly at night and are attracted to light, so they might try to get into your house. Do hornets sting? European hornets sting, but it's often only as painful as a honeybee sting.

Unlike other social species of wasps, the European hornet is actually more active at night, which is when they will be foraging and flying around the area around their nest sites. These stinging ...

ATLANTA — Over the past few weeks, sightings of European hornets have increased and viewers at home have asked if the species is common in Georgia and whether its sting can cause a severe ...

After sending the picture out to one of our UGA entomologists, our identification specialist concluded it was a European hornet and what those flying sting machines did to that dogwood was incredible.

Black with bright yellow legs, the flying insect would hover at ... hurtling onward by as much as 60 miles a year. As the hornet fanned out across Europe, scientists in North America wondered ...

An Asian hornet has been spotted in a village, sparking fears of a nest. The hornet was seen on 28 May in Mordon, County Durham, when the insect flew out of a polytunnel. A National Bee Unit inspector ...

"It looks the size of a flying peanut," he added. In fact, European hornets have been in North America for 170 years, according to Rob Longair, a retired entomologist and a volunteer at The ...

Large hornets have been spotted in Hampshire as sightings spike. A European hornet made its way into a home in Romsey earlier this month. Questions were asked about the insect, and whether it was ...