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Behavioral Differences Between Two Recently Sympatric Paper Wasps, the Native \u3ci\u3ePolistes Fuscatus\u3c/i\u3e and the Invasive \u3ci\u3ePolistes Dominulus\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Polistes dominulus (Christ), an old world paper wasp, was introduced into the eastern United States in the 1970s and has been rapidly spreading westward. Recently, it has displaced the native Polistes fuscatus (F.) in at least some areas of Michigan.
Gamboa, George J   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

La distribución geográfica y altitudinal de la avispa masarina Ceramius hispanicus Dusmet, 1909 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) endémica de la Península Ibérica

open access: yesGraellsia, 2000
Ceramius hispanicus Dusmet tiene aparentemente un área de distribución de unos 21x104 km2, restringida básicamente al centro y noreste de España. En el presente trabajo se cita la especie de 32 localidades.
V. Mauss, L. Castro
doaj   +1 more source

Isodontia Elegans Now in Michigan (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Sphecinae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Isodontia elegans (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), one of the “grass- carrying wasps,” previously known only from the western U.S., is now reported from southeastern Michigan, and appears to have spread across the eastern half of the United States in a ...
Craves, Julie A, O\u27Brien, Mark F
core   +2 more sources

Nesting ecology of Polistes gallicus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in South-Western Spain

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2020
Among the numerous factors that contribute to the success of social wasps, colony productivity is the most important and depends on ecological and environmental factors, such as the nest site.
José Luis PÉREZ-BOTE   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of a medical important wasp, Vespa magnifica (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022
Vespa magnifica (Smith) is an aggressive social wasp species of Vespidae family. This species is of medical importance for its dangerous sting, traditional medicinal use and valuable venom components. Here, a complete mitogenome of V.
Xi Feng, Binqiang Xu, Yan Huang
doaj   +1 more source

Yellow does not improve the efficiency of traps for capturing wasps of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2019
Social wasps are often considered as nuisance pests in urban environments and are often controlled by using traps. The majority of commercially produced traps for catching wasps have yellow as the dominant colour around the trap entrance.
Jouni SORVARI
doaj   +1 more source

The role of artificial nesting boxes and birds’ nests in maintaining vital activity of the Vespidae and Apidae families

open access: yesБіологічні студії, 2022
Background. During 2019‒2021, from the first decade of March to the third decade of July on the territory of northeastern Ukraine, ornithological studies on hollow-nesting birds populating artificial nestings were carried out.
O. O. Yarys, A. B. Chaplygina
doaj   +1 more source

Carnivory in Adult Female Eumenid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) and Its Effect on Egg Production [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +3 more sources

Morphological characterization and wing description of Vespa orientalis orientalis queens [PDF]

open access: yesBiotechnology in Animal Husbandry, 2017
Oriental hornets, Vespa orientalis, are dangerous enemy to bee colonies in some countries of the world. There are more than one subspecies of V. orientalis.
Abou-Shaara Hossam
doaj  

Social wasps (Hymenoptera, Polistinae) from the Brazilian savanna

open access: yesSociobiology, 2020
The present study was developed aiming to evaluate the richness and biogeography of social wasp species in the Brazilian savanna, Cerrado. In order to do so, we gathered data from specialized literature and field samplings performed at Sempre-Vivas ...
Marcos Magalhães de Souza   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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