Alarm in the garden: This invasive insect is spreading rapidly in Germany
Munich – The Asian Hornet is spreading rapidly in Germany – and it has come to stay
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Munich – The Asian Hornet is spreading rapidly in Germany – and it has come to stay. Asian Hornet: Numbers That Make You Listen The reporting figures speak for themselves: While there were only nine registered sightings in Bavaria in 2022, the number rose to just under 400 in 2023, to around 1400 in 2024 – and to more than 7300 registered specimens in 2025. How to recognize the Asian Hornet The Asian hornet is slightly smaller than its European relatives: workers measure 17 to 25 millimetres, those of the European hornet 19 to 32 millimetres.
Furthermore, The decisive difference to the native European hornet ( Vespa crabro ): The countries of the Asian hornet are significantly larger with up to 2000 animals – native hornet populations count only up to 700 individuals. Where it appears, what it looks like and what to do now (symbol image). © Geyres Christophe/ABACAPRESS/Imago The starting point was actually manageable: For the first time in 2004 in France as a blind passenger in a shipment of goods from Southeast Asia, Vespa velutina has since spread throughout France, the Benelux countries, northern Spain, northern Italy, Portugal and England. In Germany, she first appeared in Waghäusel north of Karlsruhe in 2014.
In addition, Important: The Asian Hornet is not identical to the Asian Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia), which has been making headlines in the US since 2020 and is considerably more dangerous. In Baden-Württemberg alone, around 3,300 nests were reported in 2025, more than twice as many as in the previous year.
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Munich – The Asian Hornet is spreading rapidly in Germany – and it has come to stay.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAsian Hornet: Numbers That Make You Listen The reporting figures speak for themselves: While there were only nine registered sightings in Bavaria in 2022, the number rose to just under 400 in 2023, to around 1400 in 2024 – and to more than 7300 registered specimens in 2025.
reliability low1/2 sourcesHow to recognize the Asian Hornet The Asian hornet is slightly smaller than its European relatives: workers measure 17 to 25 millimetres, those of the European hornet 19 to 32 millimetres.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe decisive difference to the native European hornet ( Vespa crabro ): The countries of the Asian hornet are significantly larger with up to 2000 animals – native hornet populations count only up to 700 individuals.
reliability low1/2 sourcesWhere it appears, what it looks like and what to do now (symbol image). © Geyres Christophe/ABACAPRESS/Imago The starting point was actually manageable: For the first time in 2004 in France as a blind passenger in a shipment of goods from Southeast Asia, Vespa velutina has since spread throughout France, the Benelux countries, northern Spain, northern Italy, Portugal and England.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn Germany, she first appeared in Waghäusel north of Karlsruhe in 2014.
reliability low1/2 sourcesImportant: The Asian Hornet is not identical to the Asian Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia), which has been making headlines in the US since 2020 and is considerably more dangerous.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn Baden-Württemberg alone, around 3,300 nests were reported in 2025, more than twice as many as in the previous year.
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