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    • A German wasp (Vespula germanica) on a yellow flower.
    Rights: Public Domain Published 3 February 2014 Size: 85 KB Referencing Hub media

    The German wasp (Vespula germanica) arrived in New Zealand in the Waikato with aircraft parts in 1945 and rapidly spread to become a significant pest.

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