Vespa velutina(VESPVE)
Distribution details in Slovakia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2024
First recorded in: 2024
35 worker hornets and a nest found in a private garden in September - October 2024.
* Purkart A, Semelbauer M, Šima P, Lukáš J, Hoffner S, Fedor P, Senko D (2025) First records of invasive Vespa velutina nigrithorax Buysson, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Slovakia. Biologia 80 : 549–559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-024-01850-y
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Present, few occurrences | ||
| Czechia | Present, few occurrences | ||
| Hungary | Present, few occurrences |