Worker trapping: a sustainable management tool for invasive social wasps?
The invasive social wasp Vespula germanica is a harmful pest, mainly in urban environments. Despite extensive research on ecology and control, there are currently no effective, sustainable strategies to manage populations in the invaded range. We evaluated the effects of worker trapping on V. german...
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| author | Melo, Romina Ayelen Luz Corley, Juan Carlos Mattiacci, Analia Masciocchi, Maite |
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| description | The invasive social wasp Vespula germanica is a harmful pest, mainly in urban environments. Despite extensive research on ecology and control, there are currently no effective, sustainable strategies to manage populations in the invaded range. We evaluated the effects of worker trapping on V. germanica abundance and nest activity in Southern Argentina. During two consecutive years, a high-density trapping was deployed in four plots of one hectare each. The procedure consisted of placing 25 non-toxic meat-baited traps, creating a grid of 5 × 5 traps for 4 weeks. Worker wasp abundance and the traffic rate of all the nests in the plots were measured 1 week before and one after trapping. Our results showed that worker catches resulted in a 65% reduction in local wasp abundance and a 48% in traffic rate of nests within the treated area. Similarly, a decrease in wasp abundance was obtained one year after trapping. Employing worker trapping as a tool could prove useful and environmentally friendly in reducing local wasp abundance during peak activity. |
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| spelling | INTA213092025-02-17T13:38:24Z Worker trapping: a sustainable management tool for invasive social wasps? Melo, Romina Ayelen Luz Corley, Juan Carlos Mattiacci, Analia Masciocchi, Maite Vespidae Vespula germanica Forest Pests Pest Control Pest Management Sustainability Trapping Plagas Forestales Control de Plagas Gestión de Plagas Sostenibilidad Caza con Trampa Avispa Chaqueta Amarilla Yellowjacket The invasive social wasp Vespula germanica is a harmful pest, mainly in urban environments. Despite extensive research on ecology and control, there are currently no effective, sustainable strategies to manage populations in the invaded range. We evaluated the effects of worker trapping on V. germanica abundance and nest activity in Southern Argentina. During two consecutive years, a high-density trapping was deployed in four plots of one hectare each. The procedure consisted of placing 25 non-toxic meat-baited traps, creating a grid of 5 × 5 traps for 4 weeks. Worker wasp abundance and the traffic rate of all the nests in the plots were measured 1 week before and one after trapping. Our results showed that worker catches resulted in a 65% reduction in local wasp abundance and a 48% in traffic rate of nests within the treated area. Similarly, a decrease in wasp abundance was obtained one year after trapping. Employing worker trapping as a tool could prove useful and environmentally friendly in reducing local wasp abundance during peak activity. EEA Bariloche Fil: Melo, Romina Ayelen Luz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología y Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Melo, Romina Ayelen Luz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología y Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Corley, Juan Carlos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología y Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Corley, Juan Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología y Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Corley, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional Del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Departamento de Ecología; Argentina Fil: Mattiacci, Analia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología y Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Mattiacci, Analia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología y Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Masciocchi, Maite. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología y Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Masciocchi, Maite. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología y Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina 2025-02-17T13:31:00Z 2025-02-17T13:31:00Z 2024-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21309 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09670874.2024.2305965 0967-0874 1366-5863 https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2024.2305965 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Taylor and Francis International Journal of Pest Management : 1-9. (January 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Vespidae Vespula germanica Forest Pests Pest Control Pest Management Sustainability Trapping Plagas Forestales Control de Plagas Gestión de Plagas Sostenibilidad Caza con Trampa Avispa Chaqueta Amarilla Yellowjacket Melo, Romina Ayelen Luz Corley, Juan Carlos Mattiacci, Analia Masciocchi, Maite Worker trapping: a sustainable management tool for invasive social wasps? |
| title | Worker trapping: a sustainable management tool for invasive social wasps? |
| title_full | Worker trapping: a sustainable management tool for invasive social wasps? |
| title_fullStr | Worker trapping: a sustainable management tool for invasive social wasps? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Worker trapping: a sustainable management tool for invasive social wasps? |
| title_short | Worker trapping: a sustainable management tool for invasive social wasps? |
| title_sort | worker trapping a sustainable management tool for invasive social wasps |
| topic | Vespidae Vespula germanica Forest Pests Pest Control Pest Management Sustainability Trapping Plagas Forestales Control de Plagas Gestión de Plagas Sostenibilidad Caza con Trampa Avispa Chaqueta Amarilla Yellowjacket |
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