Carnivory in Adult Female Eumenid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) and Its Effect on Egg Production [PDF]
, 2017 Seventy captive adult female wasps of the eumenid genera Ancistrocerus and Euodynerus were observed to feed on multiple prey items. It was shown experimentally that E.
Chilcutt, Charles F, Cowan, David P
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Ecology, Mating and Nesting of \u3ci\u3eTachypompilus Ferrugineus Nigrescens\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) [PDF]
, 2017 An aggregation of Tachypompilus Jerrugineus nigrescens was studied during mid summer 1988 in Syracuse, NY. Wasp activity was focused on a 2 m high cemetery monument near a gravelly roadway.
Kurczewski, Frank E
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Burrow Construction From the Ground Surface in \u3ci\u3eLyroda Subita\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Plasticity in the nesting behavior of Lyroda subita, a species that renovates and then uses pre-existing burrows and other subterranean cavities for nesting sites, is illustrated by one female which apparently excavated her burrow from the ground surface.
Kurczewski, Frank E
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The European Zoological Journal, 2022 The paper presents new data on the nesting habits of the digger wasp Alysson spinosus (Hymenoptera: Bembicidae). As food for larvae, the female provisioned about 7–8 hemipteran nymphs or imagines per cell.
P. Olszewski +3 more
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Spatial association between a spider wasp and its host in fragmented dune habitats [PDF]
, 2005 Volume: 33Start Page: 222End Page ...
Bonte, Dries, Maelfait, Jean-Pierre
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Digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Spheciformes: Crabronidae) of Kerman province, Southeastern Iran [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2021 In the present study, new data about the distribution of 27 species of digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Spheciformes: Crabronidae) collected from different regions of province (southeast Iran) are presented.
Zahra Ghaderipour +4 more
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NEW TAXA OF DIGGER WASPS: TRIBE, OXYBELINI (CRABRONIDAE, HYMENOPTERA) FROM IRAQ
Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2023 New distinguishing genus, Oxybelochardus gen. nov., belonging to the tribe Oxybelini (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with the type species Oxybelochardus iraqensis sp. nov. from Iraq, have been described and illustrated.
Shatha Abdullateef Hamodee +1 more
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Biology and Distribution of \u3ci\u3eTachysphex Aethiops\u3c/i\u3e in Michigan (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Larrinae) [PDF]
, 2017 Tachysphex aethiops is a primarily western species that also occurs in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Females nest in mossy, sand slopes and utilize pre-existing burrows of other insects.
O\u27Brien, Mark F
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European Journal of Entomology, 2005 At a nest site in Northern Italy of females of the weevil-hunting digger wasp Cerceris arenaria L. (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) the provisioning activity and predator-prey relationship were investigated, in particular their specialization in choice of prey.
Carlo POLIDORI +3 more
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Further Observations on the Nesting Behavior of \u3ci\u3eLiris Argentatus\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) [PDF]
, 2017 A three-celled nest of Liris argentatus was excavated and examined in upstate New York. The nest was constructed from the terminus of an abandoned cicada-killer burrow and the cells contained 1-4 incompletely paralyzed Gryllus pennsylvanicus as prey. Two
Kurczewski, Frank E, Spofford, Margery G
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