Social wasp trapping in north west italy: Comparison of different bait-traps and first detection of vespa velutina

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 307-317

  Demichelis, Stefano ^a   Manino, Aulo ^a   Minuto, Giovanni ^b   Mariotti, Mauro ^c   Porporato, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Centro di Sperimentazione e Assistenza Agricola   (Italy)

^c Centro Universitario di Servizi Giardini Botanici Hanbury   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apis; Baited traps; Bombus; Dolichovespula; Polistes; Vespa; Vespa velutina; Vespula

Indexed keywords

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; BOMBUS ARGILLACEUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; DOLICHOVESPULA; DOLICHOVESPULA MEDIA; MENTHA; POLISTES; POLISTES ASSOCIUS; POLISTES GALLICUS; POLISTES NIMPHA; VESPA; VESPA CRABRO; VESPA VELUTINA; VESPULA; VESPULA GERMANICA; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 84923303911     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: 22830332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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