Early warning system to track Asian hornets unveiled by UK researchers

The University of Exeter’s VespAI monitoring station. Photograph: see caption

An early warning system designed to track and trace predatory Asian hornets using artificial intelligence has been unveiled by experts from a British university.

Researchers from the University of Exeter have invented a system that draws hornets to a monitoring station. They land on a sponge cloth impregnated with food and an overhead camera captures images.