{"id":3490,"date":"2026-07-30T20:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:30:13","slug":"vespa-velutina-arrives-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/vespa-velutina-arrives-in-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Vespa velutina chega \u00e0 Carolina do Norte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A propaga\u00e7\u00e3o de <em>Vespa velutina<\/em> continua nos EUA. Esta semana, o Departamento de Agricultura da Carolina do Norte confirmou a primeira dete\u00e7\u00e3o do vespa-asi\u00e1tica no estado, na cidade de Matthews. At\u00e9 agora, nos EUA, <em>Vespa velutina<\/em> tinha sido detetado na Ge\u00f3rgia \u2014 onde foi identificado pela primeira vez \u2014 e na Carolina do Sul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A descoberta demonstra a capacidade da vespa de se espalhar facilmente e levanta preocupa\u00e7\u00f5es entre apicultores e investigadores. J\u00e1 foram implementados planos de monitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o e controlo para limitar a propaga\u00e7\u00e3o da vespa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ir para a declara\u00e7\u00e3o 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=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<br \/>\nA descoberta demonstra a capacidade da vespa de se espalhar facilmente e levanta preocupa\u00e7\u00f5es entre apicultores e investigadores. 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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\/prt\" 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\/prt\/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\/prt"},{"label":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/category\/uncategorized\/"},{"label":"Vespa velutina Arrives in North Carolina","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/vespa-velutina-arrives-in-north-carolina\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3492,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions\/3492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}