The Du Feus hand the traps to De Carteret. “If we don’t achieve 10%, we’re not doing our job,” says Nicky. This year so far, they have trapped more than 10% of the 208 (and counting) queens caught across Jersey. “It’s quite addictive and it’s quite competitive,” says Tony of their hornet-hunting. Nicky is fuming because her husband has caught three hornets. Tony has been checking special hornet traps – a coffee cup-like contraption filled with a sugary lure – that he and his wife have placed around Jersey’s north-east corner. ![]() ![]() Our first call is to a beautiful garden belonging to Tony and Nicky du Feu. John De Carteret, Asian hornet hunter: ‘You’ve got to be dynamic and aggressive.’ Photograph: Patrick Barkham/The Guardian
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