The Asian hornet now feels at home in Germany too.
Find out why this is the case and how you should behave here.
Italy, France and now Germany too: the Asian hornet can now also be found in Germany.
She likes warm climes - just like all hornet and wasp species.
The average temperatures are also rising in Germany, which makes the Central European country interesting for insect species of Asian origin.
Find out here
how dangerous the Asian hornet really is
.
Have you ever heard of "killer hornets"?
Asian giant hornets are nicknamed because they kill bees.
The insect, biologists as
Vespa mandarinia
make it known, currently in the United States as "honeybee killer" headlines and also allergic responsive people can be dangerous.
The Asian giant hornet is in Germany but not before
! It is different with the Asian hornet (
Vespa velutina .)
This was introduced to Europe and feels now in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Switzerland well - and now also in Germany.
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The fact that the insect occurs around the world is primarily due to globalization *: People are networked around the world through air and sea traffic and trade.
Animals also get from continent to continent on these routes - often unintentionally
.
"The Asian hornet was probably introduced with Asian imported goods," says NABU expert Melanie von Orlow.
In the course of climate change, winters would be milder, so that even exotic species could form stable populations in Europe.
The spread of the Asian hornet shows that it can cope well with the European climate and that it experiences little pressure from predators or competitors, according to the German Nature Conservation Union (NABU).
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Asian hornet is no more aggressive or dangerous than European hornet
The Asian hornet is not alone in this: the Asian tiger mosquito, which can transmit tropical diseases, is becoming more and more common in Germany.
"Apparently the mosquitoes come from Italy and came to Germany as stowaways with goods traffic via Switzerland or Austria," said Professor Egbert Tannich from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) to the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation.
The Asian hornet, on the other hand, is usually not dangerous to humans
.
Food and drinks, for example, do not attract the insect, which is why humans and Asian hornets usually do not get in each other's way.
Also reassuring: the Asian hornet is no more aggressive or intrusive than the European hornet.
“The animals behave peacefully and defensively, but react sensitively when they approach their nest below two meters.
The stings are no more dangerous than those of native wasp species ", says von Orlov about the insects that build their nests in treetops far away from humans, and continues:"
Vespa velutina is
unlikely to
pose an essential threat to European beekeeping
, the exact ones Effects on the native fauna and flora are not yet in sight. ”When coming into contact with a hornet, it is important to remain calm and not to lash out wildly.
(jg) * Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editorial network
.
More sources: www.nabu.de
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