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Animal behavior: A digger wasp never forgets

Current Biology
A study of wild digger wasps reveals they flexibly schedule parental care across multiple spatially distributed nests, remembering where, when, and what they have provisioned their larvae. Digger wasps can be a novel model for future neuroethological studies of insect memory.
Michael Sheehan
exaly   +3 more sources

Digger Wasp Predatory Behavior (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)

Zeitschrift Für Tierpsychologie, 1981
exaly   +2 more sources

A Signal Produced by a Digger Wasp Preying on Crickets

1990
Females of the digger wasp Liris niger hunt for crickets to provide food for their larvae. They search for crickets by running very fast on the ground. Crickets are able to detect the approach of the hunting wasps by their cercal filiform hairs which are sensitive to wind.
Günter Kämper, Werner Gnatzy
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Influence of the reactions of the prey on the stinging patterns of digger wasps

Experientia, 1983
The degree of reactivity of the prey affects the form of behavior subsequently adopted in paralyzing the prey. The mechanism underlying this ontogenetic plasticity is discussed.
C. Truc, J. Gervet
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Hydrocarbons in the nest material of a solitary digger wasp represent a kairomone for a specialized cuckoo wasp

Animal Behaviour, 2008
Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) can be found on the cuticle of insects and they primarily serve to reduce desiccation. Additionally, they constitute important cues for species, kin and nestmate recognition. In paper wasps, these CHCs can also be found on the nest material and facilitate nestmate recognition.
Johannes Kroiss   +2 more
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