Detection and description of four Vespa mandarinia (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) nests in western North America

Vespa mandarinia Smith 1852 is a semi-specialized predator of other social Hymenoptera and one of the two largest species of Vespa. Several individuals of this predatory wasp were detected in Canada and the United States in 2019, including an entire nest that was located and destroyed on Vancouver I...

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Main Authors: Chris Looney, Brant Carman, Jenni Cena, Cassie Cichorz, Vikram Iyer, Jessica Orr, Nathan Roueché, Karla Salp, Jacqueline M. Serrano, Landon Udo, Paul van Westendorp, Telissa M. Wilson, Rian Wojahn, Sven-Erik Spichiger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/99307/download/pdf/