Ecological effects and management of invasive alien Vespidae

Beggs, Jacqueline R.; Brockerhoff, Eckehard G.; Corley, Juan C.; Kenis, Marc; Masciocchi, Maité; Müller, Franck; Rome, Quentin; Villemant, Claire

doi:10.1007/s10526-011-9389-z

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“…Harmonic radar allows tracking hornets only over short distances, but is not suited to follow several signals at the same time, and it is not accurate enough (Milanesio et al., 2016, 2017): The RFID provides the best compromise to acquire new information on workers’ flight behavior that are of first interest for the monitoring and control of this special invasive hornet. Invasive social insects, especially vespids, can deeply affect their environments (Beggs et al., 2011; Bradshaw et al., 2016), and their impact is obviously related to foraging range. How animals use their environment and their movements is key parameters in biological invasion (Holway & Suarez, 1999), and such parameters should be implanted in future impact models.…”

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Activity rhythm and action range of workers of the invasive hornet predator of honeybees Vespa velutina, measured by radio frequency identification tags

Poidatz

Monceau

Bonnard

et al. 2018

Ecology and Evolution

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In social insects, the activity rhythm of foragers and their action range determinate the activity of the colony. In vespids, which are mostly predators, the foraging range of workers determines their maximum predation pressure round the nest. One of these species, Vespa velutina, a recently invasive species introduced into Europe, exerts a strong predation on honeybees at the hive. Therefore, the definition of its activity rhythm and spatial range of predation is of primary importance. Using radio frequency identification tags (RFID), two experiments were carried out to (a) determine their return ability (called homing) in releasing 318 individuals at different distance from their colony and (b) monitor their foraging activity rhythm and the duration of their flights based on 71 individuals followed 24 hr/24 during 2 months. The homing ability of V. velutina was evaluated to be up to 5,000 m and was not affected by the cardinal orientation of release point. The lag time to return to the nest increased with the distance of release. Most of the flight activity took place between 07:00 a.m. and 08:00 p.m., hornets doing principally short flights of less than an hour. Foraging range was thus estimated ca. 1,000 m around the nest. This study of V. velutina assisted by RFID tags provides for the first time a baseline for its potential foraging distance that increase our knowledge of this species to (a) refine more accurately models for risk assessment and (b) define security perimeter for early detection of predation on invasion front.

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Activity rhythm and action range of workers of the invasive hornet predator of honeybees Vespa velutina, measured by radio frequency identification tags

Poidatz

Monceau

Bonnard

et al. 2018

Ecology and Evolution

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“…The yellowlegged hornet is considered invasive for its impact on biodiversity, apiculture and human wellbeing. Adult wasps prey on bees and contribute to the loss of honeybee colonies (Monceau et al 2013(Monceau et al , 2014; there are also indications that the species could exert a negative effect on ecosystems by preying on wild insects (Beggs et al 2011). Colonial nests are often established in urban areas, therefore attacks to humans are possible (De Haro et al 2010;Villemant et al 2011a;Liu et al 2015;Tabar et al 2015).…”

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Spread of the invasive yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Italy

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The yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina Lepeletier, accidentally introduced into France in 2004, is rapidly colonizing other European countries. In Italy the species is spreading throughout the northwest part of the country.Setting up management plans for controlling invasive alien species requires the understanding of the spread modalities and distribution range of the species, information currently not available for the yellow-legged hornet in Italy. Aims of this work are to reconstruct the spread of the yellowlegged hornet from its first arrival in the country, evaluating its distribution range and spread modalities.The area occupied by the species increased from 205 km 2 in 2013 to 930 km 2 in 2015. In 2015 the frontline of the species was at 55 km along the coast from the French border, with a linear spread of 18.3 ± 3.3 km/year. A human-mediated dispersion could be recognized in different occasions. A cluster analysis of the range allowed the identification of 17 core areas used by the species, with a mean nest density of 2.9-3.5 nests/km 2 . These information are fundamental to improve control plans and to establish an early warning and rapid response system for the yellow-legged hornet in Italy, and therefore setup an effective management plan for the species.

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“…Colony characteristics: Invasive ants (Holway et al 2002), bees (Goulson et al 2003), and wasps (Beggs et al 2011) are some of the most widely studied invasive insects, and thus, many characteristics of social insect colonies are claimed to affect invasion potential. Traits included in this category are: greater colony productivity and longevity, decreased relatedness to queen, polygyne social form, sociality, unicoloniality, and recognition cues (Table 2).…”

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“…Many of the behavioural traits that are unique to insect invasion are also unique to social insects, which tend to dominate the insect invasion literature (e.g., Holway et al 2002, Goulson et al 2003, Kenis et al 2009, Beggs et al 2011. Social insects generally possess a suite of traits inherent to their lifestyle that also aids in the invasion process.…”

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Traits related to biological invasion: A note on the applicability of risk assessment tools across taxa

Emiljanowicz¹,

Hager²,

Newman³

2017

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Biological invasions are occurring frequently and with great impact to agricultural production and other ecosystem services. In response to this, the Australian Weed Risk Assessment (AWRA) was created to assess the potential 'weediness' of plants based on answers to questions related to biogeography, undesirable attributes, and biology or ecology. This basic model has been expanded and adapted for use on other taxa, often without adequate validation. Since invasive insect crop pests are a major economic cost to agricultural production, there is interest in using an expanded model for insects. Here, we review traits related to invasiveness of insects based on a systematic review of the literature. We then compare the identified invasive traits of insects with those identified for plants in the AWRA. Using insects as a case study, we illustrate that although there is some overlap in invasive traits, there are many unique traits related to invasion for both insects and plants. For insects, these traits relate largely to social behaviour. This lack of congruence may also be the case for other taxa. To increase predictive power, a taxon-specific risk assessment tool and deliberate verification are required.

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Ecological effects and management of invasive alien Vespidae

Abstract: Insect species associated with human goods continue to be accidentally introduced into new locations. A small proportion of these introduced species become invasive, causing a range of impacts in the receiving community.

Cited by 311 publications

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Activity rhythm and action range of workers of the invasive hornet predator of honeybees Vespa velutina, measured by radio frequency identification tags

Activity rhythm and action range of workers of the invasive hornet predator of honeybees Vespa velutina, measured by radio frequency identification tags

Spread of the invasive yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Italy

Traits related to biological invasion: A note on the applicability of risk assessment tools across taxa

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