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The Vespula group of invasive wasps are still active, but starting to show signs of slowly shutting up shop for the winter. Vespula germanica (German wasp) and Vespula vulgaris (common wasp) are ...

“Where common and German wasps have been accidentally introduced to New Zealand, they’ve been stripping caterpillars out of forests,” Dr. Gavin Broad told the Museum.

German wasps and common wasps tended to form nests in the ground or clay-covered nests in trees, and taping a spoon to a long stick and gently sprinkling pyrethroid dust on them could kill wasps ...

Wasp image by Macroscopic Solutions (Photo/Supplied) New Zealand has five species of these brightly coloured invaders from Europe and Asia - the German and common wasp, and three species of paper ...

New Zealand has one of the world’s highest recorded densities of German and common wasps, which typically surge in numbers following alengthy spell of warm and dry weather.

Wasps, including the German wasp, are extremely skillful fliers. Their wings beat up to 230 times per second, enabling them to perform impressive flight maneuvers.

Home owners are being warned to watch out for the signs of wasp infestation as we head into the autumn. Rentokil Pest Control says the Common and German Wasps present a threat of infestation over ...

The other study combined museum specimen data with amateur recording data (from BWARS — Bees, Wasps, Ants Recording Scheme), and suggested that land use and climate change are likely drivers of ...