Vespula germanica
European wasp
European wasps are aggressive hunters of insects and spiders, which they feed to their larvae. The adults themselves eat pollen, nectar, other carbohydrates and secretions produced by their young. This wasp out-competes native species for food resources as well as virtually depleting an area of its insect and spider fauna. Vespula germanica also has a large negative impact on human receation activities. Nests should be reported to the ACT hotline (see link below). Recent records for the wasp have appeared from New Chums Road and Nursery Swamp - we would like to know just how widespread it is in Namadgi - so please report any sightings from there.
"A typical European wasp nest is started in the spring by a single queen emerging from hibernation. She raises the first worker wasps herself, which then help her raise more workers, and so the nest grows through the summer. Come the autumn most workers die out while the newly born queens search for a warm, dark place to hibernate." (Dr Reeson, Adelaide University)
If you require any advice on European wasps or would like to report a wasp nest on government land, contact CoreEnviro Solutions' free European wasp hotline via the ewasp website or 6258 5551.
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Vespula germanica is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Gippsland | South Australia
Species information
- Vespula germanica Scientific name
- European wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Noxious or High Risk Weed or Pest
- Up to 1230.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Maps
ANBG Aranda Bushland Australian National University Bimberi Nature Reserve Black Mountain Bluetts Block Area Boro Brindabella National Park Bullen Range City Renewal Authority Area Commonwealth & Kings Parks Cotter Reserve Cuumbeun Nature Reserve Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Dryandra St Woodland Dunlop Grasslands Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Gibraltar Pines Googong Foreshore Haig Park Higgins Woodland Hughes Garran Woodland Illilanga & Baroona Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kama Kambah Pool Kosciuszko National Park Lake Ginninderra Lower Cotter Catchment Molonglo River Reserve Mongarlowe River Mount Ainslie Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Painter Mount Taylor Namadgi National Park National Arboretum Forests National Zoo and Aquarium Old Naas TSR Point Hut Pond Point Hut to Tharwa Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek Rob Roy Range Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park Stranger Pond Sullivans Creek, Turner The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Hill Umbagong District Park West Belconnen Pond Western Edge Area Woodstock Nature Reserve -
Points of interest
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Places
Acton, ACT Ainslie, ACT Amaroo, ACT Aranda, ACT Banks, ACT Barton, ACT Belconnen, ACT Bonython, ACT Booth, ACT Borough, NSW Braddon, ACT Braidwood, NSW Brindabella, NSW Bruce, ACT Bungendore, NSW Campbell, ACT Canberra, ACT Carwoola, NSW Casey, ACT Chifley, ACT Conder, ACT Cook, ACT Cooleman, NSW Coree, ACT Cotter River, ACT Crooked Corner, NSW Deakin, ACT Dickson, ACT Downer, ACT Dunlop, ACT Evatt, ACT Flynn, ACT Forde, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Googong, NSW Gordon, ACT Greenleigh, NSW Griffith, ACT Gundaroo, NSW Gungahlin, ACT Hackett, ACT Hawker, ACT Higgins, ACT Holt, ACT Hughes, ACT Hume, ACT Jugiong, NSW Kambah, ACT Karabar, NSW Latham, ACT McKellar, ACT Michelago, NSW Molonglo Valley, ACT Mongarlowe, NSW Mount Clear, ACT O'Connor, ACT Paddys River, ACT Parkes, ACT Pialligo, ACT Queanbeyan East, NSW Queanbeyan, NSW Red Hill, ACT Reid, ACT Scullin, ACT Spence, ACT Stromlo, ACT Tennent, ACT Theodore, ACT Tuggeranong, ACT Turner, ACT Uriarra, NSW Wamboin, NSW Wambrook, NSW Watson, ACT Weetangera, ACT Yaouk, NSW Yarralumla, ACT Yarrow, NSW Yass River, NSW
