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UU., <em>Vespa velutina<\/em> se hab\u00eda detectado en Georgia, donde se identific\u00f3 por primera vez, y en Carolina del Sur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El descubrimiento demuestra la facilidad con la que la avispa se propaga y genera preocupaci\u00f3n entre apicultores e investigadores. Ya se han puesto en marcha planes de monitoreo y control para limitar la propagaci\u00f3n de la avispa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ve a la declaraci\u00f3n oficial <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncagr.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2026\/07\/27\/ncdacs-confirms-first-finding-yellow-legged-hornet-state-asks-beekeepers-watch-predator-hornet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La propagaci\u00f3n de Vespa velutina contin\u00faa en Estados Unidos. Esta semana, el Departamento de Agricultura de Carolina del Norte confirm\u00f3 la primera detecci\u00f3n del avisp\u00f3n de patas amarillas en el estado, en la localidad de Matthews. Hasta ahora, en Estados Unidos, Vespa velutina hab\u00eda sido detectada en Georgia, donde se identific\u00f3 por primera vez, y en Carolina del Sur.<br \/>\nEl descubrimiento demuestra la facilidad con la que la avispa se propaga y genera preocupaci\u00f3n entre apicultores e investigadores. Ya se han puesto en marcha planes de monitoreo y control para limitar la propagaci\u00f3n de la avispa.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The spread of Vespa velutina continues in the US. This week, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture confirmed the first detection of the yellow-legged hornet in the state, in the town of Matthews. Until now, in the US, Vespa velutina had been detected in Georgia\u2014where it was first identified\u2014and in South Carolina. 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Monitoring and control plans have already been put in place to limit the hornet\u2019s spread.","twitter:creator":"@apimondia","twitter:image":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/apimondia-logo-small-1.webp"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"3490","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"featured","og_image_url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Vespa-velutia-by-Jean-Paul-Boerekamps-Wikipedia.jpg","og_image_width":"1600","og_image_height":"836","og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"schemas":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":{"subject":"","preview":"","content":""},"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2026-07-30 20:30:13","updated":"2026-07-30 21:51:09","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/category\/uncategorized\/\" title=\"Highlights\">Highlights<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tVespa velutina Arrives in North Carolina\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp"},{"label":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/category\/uncategorized\/"},{"label":"Vespa velutina Arrives in North Carolina","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/vespa-velutina-arrives-in-north-carolina\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3492,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions\/3492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}