Search Results - "Wasp behavior"

A chimeric gene paternally instructs female sex determination in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia.

Authors: Zou, Yuan Geuverink, Elzemiek Beukeboom, Leo W. et al.

Source: Science (pre-March 2025). 11/27/2020, Vol. 370 Issue 6520, p1115-1118. 4p. 2 Diagrams, 2 Graphs.

Subjects: Insects, Genomes, Wasp behavior, Embryos, Sex determination, Haplodiploidy

Hybrid capture data unravel a rapid radiation of pimpliform parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimpliformes).

Authors: Klopfstein, Seraina Langille, Barbara Spasojevic, Tamara et al.

Source: Systematic Entomology. Apr2019, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p361-383. 23p.

Subjects: Wasp behavior, Insect phylogeny, Molecular phylogeny, Nucleotide sequence, Polymerase chain reaction

Wasp Observations in Northern Victoria.

Authors: Richter, Reiner reiner@rnr.id.au

Source: Victorian Entomologist. Jun2019, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p51-55. 5p.

Associative Learning of Food Odor by Social Wasps in a Natural Ecosystem.

Authors: El-Sayed, Ashraf M. Jósvai, Júlia K. Brown, Robert L. et al.

Source: Journal of Chemical Ecology. Oct2018, Vol. 44 Issue 10, p915-921. 7p.

Not so waspish.

Authors: Jones, Richard

Source: New Scientist. 3/21/2020, Vol. 245 Issue 3274, p41-43. 3p. 3 Color Photographs.

Subjects: Wasps, Wasp behavior, Ecosystems, Pest control, Venom

Plant neighbour identity and invasive pathogen infection affect associational resistance to an invasive gall wasp.

Authors: Fernandez-Conradi, Pilar Capdevielle, Xavier Castagneyrol, Bastien et al.

Source: Biological Invasions. Jun2018, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p1459-1473. 15p.

The Behavior and Reproductive Physiology of a Solitary Progressive Provisioning Vespid Wasp: Evidence for a Solitary-Cycle Origin of Reproductive Castes.

Authors: Kelstrup, Hans C. Hartfelder, Klaus Lopes, Tiago Falcon et al.

Source: American Naturalist. Feb2018, Vol. 191 Issue 2, pE27-E39. 13p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph, 3 Graphs.

Life History of the Emerald Jewel Wasp Ampulex compressa.

Authors: Arvidson, Ryan Landa, Victor Frankenberg, Sarah et al.

Source: Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 2018, Issue 63, p1-13. 13p.

The sternal brush of the Van der Vecht organ scales isometrically with body size: implications for the study of incipient morphological castes in primitively eusocial wasps.

Authors: de Souza, André R. Baptista, Camila Folly Lino-Neto, José

Source: Ethology Ecology & Evolution. Sep2017, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p511-519. 9p.

Cognitive adaptation in asexual and sexual wasps living in contrasted environments.

Authors: Froissart, Lucie Giurfa, Martin Sauzet, Sandrine et al.

Source: PLoS ONE. 5/12/2017, Vol. 12 Issue 5, p1-16. 16p.

Sexual Deception in the Eucera-Pollinated Ophrys leochroma: A Chemical Intermediate between Wasp- and Andrena-Pollinated Species.

Authors: Cuervo, Monica Rakosy, Demetra Martel, Carlos et al.

Source: Journal of Chemical Ecology. May2017, Vol. 43 Issue 5, p469-479. 11p.

Nestmate larval discrimination by workers in the swarm-founding wasp Polybia paulista.

Authors: Kudô, Kazuyuki Oliveira, Lucas A. Mateus, Sidnei et al.

Source: Ethology Ecology & Evolution. Mar2017, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p170-180. 11p.

Proximate mechanism of behavioral manipulation of an orb-weaver spider host by a parasitoid wasp.

Authors: Kloss, Thiago Gechel Gonzaga, Marcelo Oliveira de Oliveira, Leandro Licursi et al.

Source: PLoS ONE. 2/3/2017, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p1-11. 11p.

Task Allocation of Wasps Governed by Common Stomach: A Model Based on Electric Circuits.

Authors: Hilbun, Allison Karsai, Istvan

Source: PLoS ONE. 11/18/2016, Vol. 11 Issue 11, p1-18. 18p.

Infestation of the woodwasp Tremex apicalis Matsumura (Hymenoptera, Siricidae) on the large-leaf dogwood Swida macrophylla (Wall.) with biological notes on its parasitoid wasps.

Authors: Atsuya Kosaki Kazumu Kuramitsu Teruhito Ishihara et al.

Source: Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 2016, Issue 52, p71-79. 9p.

A preliminary survey of flower visiting by aculeate wasps and bees in the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, UAE.

Authors: Gess, Sarah Kathleen Roosenschoon, Peter Alexander

Source: Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 2016, Issue 52, p81-141. 61p.

Comparative nesting success of the keyhole mud-dauber (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Trypoxylon nitidum) in different substrates.

Authors: Nelson, Dyan M. Starr, Christopher K.

Source: Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 2016, Issue 52, p163-167. 5p.

Habitat determinants of the taxonomic and functional diversity of parasitoid wasps.

Authors: Kendall, Liam Ward, Darren

Source: Biodiversity & Conservation. Sep2016, Vol. 25 Issue 10, p1955-1972. 18p.

Social biology of Liostenogaster leonardi n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Stenogastrinae).

Authors: Abu Bakar, Nurul Atikah Turillazzi, Francesco Abdullah, Nurul Ashikin et al.

Source: Tropical Zoology. Sep2016, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p134-147. 14p. 5 Diagrams, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs.

The turn-back-and-look behaviour: bee versus robot.

Authors: Lehrer, Miriam Bianco, Giovanni

Source: Biological Cybernetics. 2000, Vol. 83 Issue 3, p211. 19p.

Subjects: Honeybee behavior, Wasp behavior, Animal behavior, Mobile robots