Journal article
Group hunting by workers of two Neotropical swarm-founding paper wasps, Parachartergus apicalis and Agelaia sp
Insectes sociaux, v 60(3), pp 369-372
Aug 2013
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Abstract
Here we report field observations of group hunting by two Neotropical species of paper wasps, Parachartergus apicalis in Costa Rica and Agelaia cf. angulata in Peru. In both cases, multiple workers simultaneously attacked live caterpillar prey. We describe the wasps’ behavior and their interactions with the relatively large-bodied (>80 mm length) caterpillars, and we discuss the implications of these observations for paper wasp behavior and ecology.
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- Title
- Group hunting by workers of two Neotropical swarm-founding paper wasps, Parachartergus apicalis and Agelaia sp
- Creators
- S O’Donnell - Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science Drexel University 3245 Chestnut St. Philadelphia PA 19104 USAJ Hunt - Departments of Biology and Entomology, W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology North Carolina State University Campus box 7613 Raleigh NC 27695 USA
- Publication Details
- Insectes sociaux, v 60(3), pp 369-372
- Publisher
- Springer Basel; Basel
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000321969200011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84880604144
- Other Identifier
- 991014878461304721
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- Entomology