Solitary Wasps : : Behavior and Natural History / / Kevin M. O'Neill.
While social wasps, like hornets and yellow jackets, garner most of the publicity (most of it negative), the vast majority of wasp species, including digger wasps, spider wasps, and mud-daubers, are solitary. Elegant in appearance and distinctive in their actions, solitary wasps have long fascinated...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cornell Series in Arthropod Biology
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (424 p.) :; 6 charts, 2 maps, 10 halftones, 39 line drawings, 42 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Wasp Diversity and Classification
- 2. Foraging Behavior of Parasitoids
- 3. Foraging Behavior of Nest-Provisioning Predators
- 4. Foraging Behavior of Cleptoparasites
- 5. Pollen Foraging and Pollination
- 6. Nesting Behavior
- 7. Natural Enemies and Defensive Strategies
- 8. Male Behavior and Sexual Interactions
- 9. Thermoregulation, Sleeping, and Overwintering
- 10. Parental Strategies
- Appendix A. Superfamilies (-oidea), Families (-idae), and Subfamilies (-inae) of Solitary Aculeate Hymenoptera
- Appendix B. Solitary Wasp Genera Mentioned in This Book
- Bibliography
- Index