V. germanica wasps have a diverse diet.
They are known to eat carrion, live arthropods, fruit, honeydew, and processed human food and garbage.
They are opportunistic scavengers and hunters able to obtain food from a variety of different sources.
For example, many Vespula species have been observed feeding on dead honey bees (Apis mellifera) found outside the beehive entrance in the late summer.
This flexibility in diet is beneficial, as V. germanica must often compete for resources with native biota in areas it invades.
V. germanica wasps have a diverse diet. They are known to eat carrion, live arthropods, fruit, honeydew, and processed human food and garbage. They are opportunistic scavengers and hunters able to obtain food from a variety of different sources. For example, many Vespula species have been observed feeding on dead honey bees (Apis mellifera) found outside the beehive entrance in the late summer. This flexibility in diet is beneficial, as V. germanica must often compete for resources with native biota in areas it invades.
Vespula germanica