European Wasp - Vespula germanica
This week we have seen our first European Wasps in our garden. It is a sad day!
"Forty years ago an English entomologist visiting Western Australia spotted a European wasp when it landed on a scone he was about to eat.
He reported it and ever since the state's Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) has been waging war on this declared pest, whose numbers have risen alarmingly in recent years." www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-23/wa-battles-to-hold-off-eur...
More information: www.agric.wa.gov.au/biosecurity-biosecurity-quarantineeur...
European Wasp - Vespula germanica
This week we have seen our first European Wasps in our garden. It is a sad day!
"Forty years ago an English entomologist visiting Western Australia spotted a European wasp when it landed on a scone he was about to eat.
He reported it and ever since the state's Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) has been waging war on this declared pest, whose numbers have risen alarmingly in recent years." www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-23/wa-battles-to-hold-off-eur...
More information: www.agric.wa.gov.au/biosecurity-biosecurity-quarantineeur...