Vespa velutina(VESPVE)
Distribution details in Hungary
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Absent, pest no longer present
First recorded in: 2023
First recorded in: 2023
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/122) : several worker hornets found in Kimle village in 2023.
Rojas-Nossa et al. (2026): nest of 2023 eradicated. No further observation in 2024 and 2025.
Rojas-Nossa et al. (2026): nest of 2023 eradicated. No further observation in 2024 and 2025.
* Márta T, Vas Z (2023) First record of Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 from Hungary (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica-Rovartani Közlemények. 84: 105-108, https://doi.org/10.17112/FoliaEntHung.2023.84.105
* Rojas-Nossa SV, Bartlett LJ, Kolics É, del Mar Leza M, Nave A, Pusceddu M, Rein C, Robla J, Rome Q, Seehausen ML, Senko D (2026) Worldwide distribution and invasion status of Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), the yellow-legged hornet, in 2025. European Journal of Entomology 123, 217-232. doi: 10.14411/eje.2026.022
* Rojas-Nossa SV, Bartlett LJ, Kolics É, del Mar Leza M, Nave A, Pusceddu M, Rein C, Robla J, Rome Q, Seehausen ML, Senko D (2026) Worldwide distribution and invasion status of Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), the yellow-legged hornet, in 2025. European Journal of Entomology 123, 217-232. doi: 10.14411/eje.2026.022
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Transient | ||
| Slovakia | Present, few occurrences | ||
| Ukraine | Absent, unreliable record |