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Close up on an Asian Hornet (Vespa Velutina, Frelon Asiatique) in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris on March 2025. Researchers at University of Exeter, UK warn many of the hunted species by Asian Hornets are important crop pollinators.The Asian hornet, or yellow-legged hornet, a voracious invasive, is native to south-east Asia. It arrived in France in a cargo of pottery from China about 20 years ago and spread rapidly across the continent.