Predictive model of expansion for year 2016 clipped at three different altitude thresholds (700 m, 900 m and 1,200 m a.s.l.). Blue dots indicate nests of year 2015 inside the continuous range, red dots nests of 2015 outside the continuous range. For 2016, only nests outside the 2015 range are reported (white). Coloured areas from red to light yellow indicate progressively less probability of colonisation in 2016.

 
 
  Part of: Lioy S, Manino A, Porporato M, Laurino D, Romano A, Capello M, Bertolino S (2019) Establishing surveillance areas for tackling the invasion of Vespa velutina in outbreaks and over the border of its expanding range. NeoBiota 46: 51-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.46.33099