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Key References
Budge GE, Hodgetts J, Jones
EP, Ostoja Starzewski JC, Hall
J, Tomkies V, et al. (2017). The invasion, provenance and diversity of Vespa velutina Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Great Britain. PLoS ONE 12(9): e0185172. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0185172;
How to make an Asian hornet monitoring trap – Youtube Video https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=CR6MUekAjMo
The Asian hornet pages of BeeBase: http://www. nationalbeeunit.com/index. cfm?pageid=208
Asian hornet monitoring trap fact sheet: http://www.nationalbeeunit. com/index.cfm?pageid=167
Acknowledgements
Figure 1 Michael Brown, National Bee Unit
Figures 2 and 3 Jason Learner, National Bee Unit
Figure 4 Jean Haxaire, The French Natural History Museum
Figure 5, 6 and 7 Courtesy The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Crown Copyright
Figure 4: Notice the bright orange face of the Asian hornet, compared to the yellow face of the European hornet
Resources and alert material
There is a wealth of useful material on BeeBase and the NNSS website to help you identify whether you have spotted or trapped an Asian hornet. This includes alert posters, ID sheets and further information on how
to submit your sighting. Go to either of the following:
http://www.nonnativespecies.org/alerts/ index.cfm?id=4
http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/index. cfm?pageId=208
Figure 6: Asian hornet abdominal colouration
And finally...
Figure 7: European hornet abdominal colouration
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