Invasive keyhole wasp builds nests in aircraft instruments, may pose ‘significant risk’ to air safety

You’d probably shoo it away without a second thought, but a wasp that’s recently called Australia home can pose a “significant risk” to passenger aircraft safety in Brisbane and beyond, research finds.

The study, published in the journal PLOS One today, came off the back of a series of incidents at Brisbane airport where wasp nests, constructed in an aircraft’s speedometer, forced planes to abandon take-off or even…