Vespa velutina(VESPVE)
Distribution details in Luxembourg
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2026: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 2020
First recorded in: 2020
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/122) : 24 worker hornets and four nests observed in Junglinster.
Rojas-Nossa et al. (2026): established and widespread throughout Luxembourg.
Rojas-Nossa et al. (2026): established and widespread throughout Luxembourg.
* Ries C, Schneider N, Vitali F, Weigand A (2021) First records and distribution of the invasive alien hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax du Buysson, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Luxembourg. Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois. 123: 181-93.
* 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Present, restricted distribution | ||
| France | Corse | Present, few occurrences | |
| France | Present, widespread | ||
| Germany | Present, few occurrences |