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The Life-History and Habits of the Digger-Wasp Ammobia pennsylvanica (Linn.)
American Midland Naturalist, 1938Peter Collinson (1749) reported to the Royal Society of London the habits of the "Great Black Wasp" of Pennsylvania, as communicated to him by John Bartram of Philadelphia. The drawings of the wasp and of her "large green grasshoppers" leave little doubt that they represent Ammobia pennsylvanica and her katydids, the first solitary digger-wasp of ...
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Observations on the Nesting Habits of Some Digger Wasps (Sphecidae: Hymenoptera)
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1945I wish to express my appreciation to Dr. H. A. Scullen of Oregon State College for determining the three species of Cerceris , to Dr. Don Murray for determining the two species of Sphex , to Dr. H. J. Reinhart of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station for his determinations of the Diptera, and to J. N. Knull and Mrs. D. J.
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Selection of host nests by intraspecific nest-parasitic digger wasps
Animal Behaviour, 1994Abstract Abstract. This paper demonstrates that intraspecific nest parasites are selective in their choice of host nests. In a large nest aggregation, instead of digging new burrows, nest-less females of the digger wasp Cerceris arenaria entered pre-existing burrows and eventually used one of them.
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Reduced Metabolic Rate in Crickets Paralysed by a Digger Wasp
Naturwissenschaften, 1997Flavio Roces, Werner Gnatzy
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Digger Wasp Predatory Behavior (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)
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