Teh One Who Knocks
07-23-2014, 11:08 AM
By Stephen Stewart - The Mirror
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Shocked workmen pictured what appears to be a huge killer hornet on a building site yesterday.
Asian giant hornets, which sport a 6mm sting, were rumoured to have landed in the UK – and this looks like the proof.
The big bug was spotted by stonemasons working in Fife, who were buzzed by the monster insect.
The hornets caused the deaths of six people in France through anaphylactic shock.
The insects have swarmed across France since their arrival in a shipment of Chinese pottery in 2004.
They have not been spotted in Scotland before.
Andrew Allan, 30, from East Kilbride, told the Daily Record: “We were just working away, doing some stone repairs, when we saw this massive thing buzzing about. I could not believe my eyes.
“My mate didn’t want to take any chances so he hit it with a hammer.
“It was about two to three inches long and had a massive sting about the length of a needle."
Last year the Chinese government ordered the mass extermination of the killer hornets that have been terrorising the country.
The hornets are an annual problem but the wave of the insects has worsened this year with the warmer than average temperatures.
http://i.imgur.com/cfCQxsW.png
Shocked workmen pictured what appears to be a huge killer hornet on a building site yesterday.
Asian giant hornets, which sport a 6mm sting, were rumoured to have landed in the UK – and this looks like the proof.
The big bug was spotted by stonemasons working in Fife, who were buzzed by the monster insect.
The hornets caused the deaths of six people in France through anaphylactic shock.
The insects have swarmed across France since their arrival in a shipment of Chinese pottery in 2004.
They have not been spotted in Scotland before.
Andrew Allan, 30, from East Kilbride, told the Daily Record: “We were just working away, doing some stone repairs, when we saw this massive thing buzzing about. I could not believe my eyes.
“My mate didn’t want to take any chances so he hit it with a hammer.
“It was about two to three inches long and had a massive sting about the length of a needle."
Last year the Chinese government ordered the mass extermination of the killer hornets that have been terrorising the country.
The hornets are an annual problem but the wave of the insects has worsened this year with the warmer than average temperatures.