Vespa velutina(VESPVE)
Distribution details in Belgium
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2016: Present, restricted distribution
Evidence of its presence was reported in 2011 but the insect was not seen again (it probably did not establish).
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/145) : in November 2016, a nest was found in Guignies (south of Tournai). This first nest was destroyed but Asian hornet specimens were found or caught in nearby localities in 2017.
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/145) : in November 2016, a nest was found in Guignies (south of Tournai). This first nest was destroyed but Asian hornet specimens were found or caught in nearby localities in 2017.
* INTERNET
La biodiversité en Wallonie. Frelon asiatique Vespa velutina nigrithorax. Etat de la situation sur le territoire wallon au 28 juin 2017. http://biodiversite.wallonie.be/servlet/Repository/communique-frelon-asiatique-28-juin-2017.pdf?ID=37244&saveFile=true
* Bruneau E (2011) Le frelon asiatique déjà là. Actu Api 55, 1-4.
* Rome Q, Dambrine L, Onate C, Muller F, Villemant C, García Pérez AL, Maia M, Carvalho Esteves P, Bruneau E (2013) Spread of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836, in Europe in 2012 (Hym., Vespidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 118, 21-22.
La biodiversité en Wallonie. Frelon asiatique Vespa velutina nigrithorax. Etat de la situation sur le territoire wallon au 28 juin 2017. http://biodiversite.wallonie.be/servlet/Repository/communique-frelon-asiatique-28-juin-2017.pdf?ID=37244&saveFile=true
* Bruneau E (2011) Le frelon asiatique déjà là. Actu Api 55, 1-4.
* Rome Q, Dambrine L, Onate C, Muller F, Villemant C, García Pérez AL, Maia M, Carvalho Esteves P, Bruneau E (2013) Spread of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836, in Europe in 2012 (Hym., Vespidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 118, 21-22.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Present, restricted distribution | ||
| Germany | Present, few occurrences |