After years of establishing themselves on Jersey and Guernsey, the battleground shifted last year to Southern England, leading to calls for a "people's army" to help fight off an impending invasion of killer hornets onto mainland Britain.
The Asian hornet is smaller than our native hornet and while it poses no greater threat to humans than a bee, it can harm honey bees.
When the hornets find a bee colony or apiary, they focus on honey bees as their prey.
The species began spreading through Europe in 2004 after arriving in the south of France inside a freight ship, and are increasingly common across the Channel.