{"id":3398,"date":"2026-07-02T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3398"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:50:01","slug":"vespa-velutina-two-nests-found-in-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/vespa-velutina-two-nests-found-in-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Vespa velutina, Dois Ninhos Encontrados na \u00c1ustria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dois ninhos prim\u00e1rios de&nbsp;<em>Vespa velutina<\/em>&nbsp;foram descobertas em Lustenau, \u00c1ustria, perto da fronteira su\u00ed\u00e7a. Os ninhos foram encontrados dentro de um contentor de armazenamento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esta marca a primeira descoberta documentada de <em>Vespa velutina<\/em> ninhos na \u00c1ustria. Anteriormente, a esp\u00e9cie s\u00f3 tinha sido registada no pa\u00eds atrav\u00e9s da observa\u00e7\u00e3o de um \u00fanico esp\u00e9cime em Salzburgo em 2024, conforme noticiado pelo site italiano <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stopvelutina.it\/continua-la-diffusione-di-vespa-velutina-in-europa-nidi-primari-in-austria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">StopVelutina<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A descoberta real\u00e7a a cont\u00ednua expans\u00e3o do vesp\u00e3o asi\u00e1tico pela Europa e o seu potencial de alargar para regi\u00f5es do norte e do leste. Apenas um dos ninhos se encontrava habitado e foi imediatamente destru\u00eddo. As autoridades locais instaram os apicultores a refor\u00e7ar os esfor\u00e7os de monitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o, de forma a detetar quaisquer novas incurs\u00f5es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leia as not\u00edcias oficiais no site austr\u00edaco <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/presse.vorarlberg.at\/land\/public\/Erstnachweis-eines-Nestes-der-Asiatischen-Hornisse-in-sterreich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two primary nests of\u00a0Vespa velutina\u00a0have been discovered in Lustenau, Austria, near the Swiss border. The nests were found inside a storage container. The discovery highlights the yellow-legged hornet&#8217;s continued spread across Europe and its potential expansion into northern and eastern regions. Only one of the nests was inhabited and it was immediately destroyed. 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