scholarly journals Post-mating shift towards longer-chain cuticular hydrocarbons drastically reduces female attractiveness to males in a digger wasp

2017 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Polidori ◽  
Irene Giordani ◽  
Mareike Wurdack ◽  
José Tormos ◽  
Josep D. Asís ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Olszewski ◽  
Bogdan Wiśniowski ◽  
Agata Kostro-Ambroziak ◽  
Tadeusz Pawlikowski ◽  
Hanna Piekarska-Boniecka
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Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Piotr Olszewski ◽  
Petr Bogusch ◽  
Krzysztof Szpila

The first comprehensive information on the bionomics of the digger wasp Oxybelus variegatus Wesmael, 1852 is presented. Females nested in small aggregations in crevices between paving stones of a frequently used pedestrian pathway in lowland agricultural wasteland. Nests were dug in the ground using mandibles, legs and abdomen. The nest consists of a main burrow with one or, rarely, two cells. The mature larva is described for the first time. The egg stage lasts for about two days before the larva hatches. The female provisioned each cell with an average of 11 paralysed male flies of Delia platura (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). Numerous females of dipteran kleptoparasites were observed in the nesting area of O. variegatus. However, only a few nests were infested by larvae of Senotainia conica (Fallen, 1810).


Ethology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay K. Goldberg ◽  
Genevieve Pintel ◽  
Jake A. Pruett ◽  
Stacey L. Weiss

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