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Re-evaluating management of established pests including the European wasp, Vespula germanica using biocontrol agents

View ORCID ProfileOscar Cacho, View ORCID ProfileSusie Hester, View ORCID ProfilePeter Tait, Raelene Kwong, Greg Lefoe, Paul Rutherford, Darren Kriticos
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.22.517291
Oscar Cacho
1UNE Business School, University of New England
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Susie Hester
1UNE Business School, University of New England
2CEBRA, The University of Melbourne
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  • For correspondence: shester@une.edu.au
Peter Tait
3Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University
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Raelene Kwong
4Agriculture Victoria Research, Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions
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Greg Lefoe
2CEBRA, The University of Melbourne
4Agriculture Victoria Research, Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions
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Paul Rutherford
3Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University
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Darren Kriticos
5CSIRO
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Abstract

Established pests such as the European wasp (Vespula germanica) are often overlooked as candidates for management programmes (eradication and/or containment) because the use of traditional surveillance and control techniques over very large areas becomes uneconomic. Use of biological control agents that persist in the environment is usually the only economically feasible option, however the processes around approvals for release of biocontrol agents can take significant amounts of time and resources, especially if screening and testing of potential agents is required.

This project investigates whether the European wasp could be a candidate for a renewed management programme in south-eastern Australia given the availability of a biocontrol agent following successful screening and testing of an agent, Sphecophaga vesparum vesparum, in the 1980s. Whether a biological control programme is worthwhile pursuing depends on the size of the benefits to industry, community and the environment from a reduction in European wasp abundance. This project explores the benefits and costs of European wasp management using a biocontrol agent, and importantly, includes valuation of the social and environmental impacts of the pest.

Competing Interest Statement

The authors have declared no competing interest.

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  • How to cite: Cacho, O., Hester, S. and Tait, P. (2021). Re-evaluating management of established pests including the European wasp, Vespula germanica using biocontrol agents. Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, Melbourne.

  • 1 MNL estimates of Kerr and Sharp (2008) used for both Nelson and Christchurch.

  • 2 WTP estimates from the ‘unlabelled’ CE design in Rolfe and Windle (2014).

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Oscar Cacho, Susie Hester, Peter Tait, Raelene Kwong, Greg Lefoe, Paul Rutherford, Darren Kriticos
bioRxiv 2022.11.22.517291; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.22.517291
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Re-evaluating management of established pests including the European wasp, Vespula germanica using biocontrol agents
Oscar Cacho, Susie Hester, Peter Tait, Raelene Kwong, Greg Lefoe, Paul Rutherford, Darren Kriticos
bioRxiv 2022.11.22.517291; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.22.517291

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