Numbers
A single established and exotic species in our area,
Vespa crabro, native to Europe and Asia.
(1)Remarks
Adventive colonies of species that failed to become established have been reported for several additional species:
V. simillima (British Columbia, published 1997)
(2)
V. affinis (California, 2010)
(3)
V. soror (British Columbia, 2019)
(4)
V. mandarinia (Washington and British Columbia, 2019-2021) - native to Asia and the Russian Far East. By 2022, there have been no new sightings.
V. velutina (Georgia, August 2023) - ongoing assessment with
5 nests discovered: Savannah (August 2023), Wilmington Island (September 15), Thunderbolt (October 11, October 18), and Skidway Island (October 25)