The outlook for control of New Zealand’s most abundant, widespread and damaging invertebrate pests: Social wasps

P.J. Lester1*, J.R. Beggs2, R.L. Brown3, E.D. Edwards4, R. Groenteman5, R.J. Toft6, A.M. Twidle7, and D.F. Ward8 1Centre for Biodiversity & Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington. 2Centre for Biodiversity & Biosecurity, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, PO Box 92019, Auckland. 3 185 High Street, Oxford. 4Department of Conservation, PO Box 10-420, Wellington 5Landcare Research, PO Box 69040, Lincoln 6Entecol Ltd, PO Box 142, Nelson 7New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, PO Box 51, Lincoln 8Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland