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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
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Invasive Asian hornets ‘preying on’ hundreds of native insect species in Europe

An Asian hornet eating a wasp.
An Asian hornet eating a wasp. Photograph: Geyres Christophe/ABACA/REX/Shutterstock

Invasive Asian hornets are eating hundreds of different species of insects in Europe, including many which are important pollinators, researchers have warned.

The findings, from tests of the guts of more than 1,500 larvae, raise new concerns over the “extra threat” the hornet poses to native insects already under pressure from farming, changes in land use and chemical pollution.

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