A study of Asian hornets has found about 1,400 different species in their guts. University of Exeter researchers tested Asian hornet samples from France, Spain, Jersey and the UK throughout the hornet's active season.

Of the top 50 invertebrate prey species that the team identified, 43 are known to visit flowers. Europe’s top three main crop pollinators–the European honey bee, the buff-tailed bumblebee and the red-tailed bumblebee–were also represented in the samples.

A new study has found that Asian hornets have become an 'extra threat' to wildlife as they continue to eat a wide range of insects.

Asian hornets are far more dangerous to ecosystems than previously thought, consuming over 1,400 insect species — including crucial pollinators. A study using deep sequencing revealed that while honey bees are frequently targeted,