http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/kilauea-mountain-of-fire/hawaiis-vulnerable-biodiversity/4838/ The premier natural history series Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:32:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/kilauea-mountain-of-fire/hawaiis-vulnerable-biodiversity/4838/comment-page-1/#comment-8779 David Foote Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:42:43 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4838#comment-8779 The species of yellowjacket wasp shown in this episode is the western yellowjacket (scientific name: Vespula pensylvanica). Its native range is the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The dramatic spread of this species in Hawaii in the late 1970s coincided with the use of refrigerated containers to import fresh-cut Christmas trees to Hawaii from Oregon and Washington. The species of yellowjacket wasp shown in this episode is the western yellowjacket (scientific name: Vespula pensylvanica). Its native range is the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The dramatic spread of this species in Hawaii in the late 1970s coincided with the use of refrigerated containers to import fresh-cut Christmas trees to Hawaii from Oregon and Washington.

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