Vespula germanica (Fabricius) and Polistes dominula (Christ) are known to represent a
significant threat to the biodiversity of ecosystems that they invade. Following their discovery …

Protein bait preferences of wasps (Vespula vulgaris and V. germanica) were determined by
measuring the number of wasps attracted to different bait types, the amount of each bait type …

Twenty years after the first record of the European wasp, Vespula germanica (Fabricius), in
southern Africa, it is still confined to the Cape Peninsula, an area of approximately 470 km2• …

A series of experiments on the discovery of meat bait by scavenging workers of V.
germanica and V. maculifrons showed that workers oriented to meats by visual cues and …

The insects Vespa orientalis L. and Vespula germanica (F.) are social wasps (Hymenoptera
Vespinae) that can cause intense damages in apiaries, places where they can find the best …

Assays with a captive Vespula germanica (F.) colony indicated that foragers were more
strongly attracted to pear aged 24 h than to 0-or 48-h-aged pear. Sixteen chemicals found in …

Forager populations of the western yellow jacket, Vespula pensylvanica (Saussure),
regularly declined in Hawaii in December despite the warm winter. This decline may be …

Abstract The German yellowjacket, Vespula germanica (F.)(Hymenoptera: Vespidae), was
introduced into Australia in 1959 and has established throughout southern Australia. In …

Food preferences displayed by foraging insects are important from a fundamental
perspective and in pest control. We studied the preference of an invasive wasp, V …

Poison-baiting trials were carried out in Canterbury, Nelson, and Westland in 1986/87 to
1989/90 to reduce wasp (predominantly Vespula vulgaris) populations. Compound 1080 …