Mother is left horrified after mysterious hornet-like insect with giant stinger is found dead in her garden
- A giant hornet-like insect dropped dead in a back garden in Hull this week
- Samantha Stoneley, 28, was on a break from work when she heard a buzzing
- The giant insect landed in her garden while she was talking to some workmen
A giant wasp-like insect was discovered by a business owner after it fell out of the sky and landed dead in her back garden.
Samantha Stoneley, 28, was enjoying a break from work at her home in Hull on Saturday when a giant hornet-like insect fell from the sky and landed in her garden.
She had some workmen at her house laying decking in her back garden on Saturday when they heard a buzzing.
Samantha said: ‘All of a sudden this thing came flying over us and we just thought, ‘What the hell is that?
Samantha Stoneley, 28, was left horrified after this giant hornet-like insect landed in her garden in Hull as she enjoyed a break from work
‘I talk about the size of it and people don’t believe how big it was if they weren’t there.’
The business owner described the insect as being longer than a cotton bud, with its giant stinger extending even further.
‘I would hate anyone’s child to get stung by that because it could do some real damage,’ Samantha said.
‘It was huge. It’s not something I’ve ever seen before, it’s something you would expect to find abroad.
It is thought that the giant hornet-like insect discovered by Samantha is an Asian killer hornet which has a potent venom in its stinger (stock photo)
‘I’ve been to a lot of places, including Australia, and I’ve never seen something quite that big.’
She said she and the workers in her garden were left stunned by the arrival of the enormous insect.
‘It just hit the floor and didn’t move from that position,’ she said. ‘We were all so shocked and just looked at each other like, ‘What do we do now?’
‘It frightened me so it would frighten any child coming across it playing in their garden.’
Samantha said she was concerned that children playing in their garden could get hurt if they came across similar insects.
Two-year-old Noah, from Hull, (right) discovered another hornet-like insect in his family’s back garden and his father Paul Everingham (left) captured it in a plastic container
An expert said that the insect captured by Paul Everingham in Hull looks more like a harmless Asian horntail rather than an Asian killer hornet
This isn’t the only large insect to have been found in a garden.
A few days ago a similar creature was found in an east Hull garden which was feared to have been a giant Asian killer hornet.
The Asian killer hornet has distinctive yellow legs, much like the bug found in Samantha’s back garden, and has very potent venom.
The Sun reports that two-year-old Noah, from Hull, discovered another hornet-like insect in his family’s back garden.
His father Paul Everingham captured the insect in a plastic container and tried to find out what insect his son had found.
Paul said: ‘I’m 99 per cent sure it is a giant Asian killer hornet. It said online that it can kill humans in one shot.’
However, an expert has said that the insect discovered by Paul is more likely an Asian horntail which is harmless.