Potter wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) adopt different substrates for nesting, including other wasp nests. Nevertheless, such behavior rarely occurs with abandoned nests of the paper Polistinae). In this study, we report occurrence involving nesting a potter on wasp’s nest. Such record occurred in November 2021 segment deciduous forest, at Mata Seca State Park, Southeast Brazil. An Pol...

considering the importance of parasitic wasps in biological control of pests, a faunal study was conducted in the year 2012 on eulophid wasps (hym.: chalcidoidea) in rice fields in the east of guilan province, southern coast of caspian sea. several specimens were captured via malaise traps. the specimens were identified as aprostocetus deobensis (graham), aprostocetus mycerinus (walker), elasmu...

This paper explores the perception, knowledge, and attitude of inhabitants Mangdi Valley in Trongsa District concerning bees wasps (Hymenoptera). Prevailing conservation threats to these ecologically important insects were determined. Data collected from June September 2018 by means open-ended interviews 32 randomly selected individuals. Responses questions regarding their perceptions analyzed ...

Corridors that connect otherwise isolated habitats have often been proposed as a management strategy to mitigate negative effects of habitat fragmentation. Non-crop corridors may have the potential to enhance the connectivity for arthropod predators in cropland landscapes, especially for species that require multiple habitats, such as cavity-nesting wasps which use wooded habitat for nesting an...

Floral visitors of seven species of Oxypetalum were registered in Viçosa, State of Minas Gerais. O. appendiculatum, O. banksii subsp, banksii, O. alpinumn var. alpinum and O. pachyglossum are pollinated by wasps, being Polybia ignobilis (Vespidae) a pollinator of these four species. It seems that P ignobilis promotes interspecific pollinations mainly between O. alpinum var. alpinum and O. pachy...

Many insects defend themselves against predation by being distasteful or toxic. The chemicals involved may be sequestered from their diet synthesized de novo in the insects’ body tissues. Parasitoid wasps are a diverse group of that play critical role regulating host insect populations such as lepidopteran caterpillars. successful parasitization caterpillars parasitoid is contingent upon aptitu...

The medical application of antibiotics dramatically reduced human infant mortality in the previous century. A new study indicates that ground nesting wasps exploit Streptomyces strains that they rear in their antennae for the same purpose.

We studied the structure and composition of communities of social wasps associated with the three insular ecosystems: mangrove swamp, the Atlantic Rain Forest and the 'restinga'- lowland sandy ecosystems located between the mountain range and the sea. Three hundred and ninety-one nests of 21 social wasp species were collected. The diversity of wasps found in each ecosystem was significantly cor...