Spider prey of two mud dauber wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) nesting in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 322-327

  Volkova, Tatiana ^a   Matthews, Robert W ^a   Barber, M Craig ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Eustala; Mimetidae; Neoscona; Salticidae; Sceliphron caementarium; Trap nest; Trypoxylon politum

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; EUSTALA; HYMENOPTERA; MIMETIDAE; MISUMENOPS; MISUMENOPS OBLONGUS; NEOSCONA; SALTICIDAE; SCELIPHRON CAEMENTARIUM; SPHECIDAE; THOMISIDAE; TRYPOXYLON; TRYPOXYLON POLITUM; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033167215     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-34.3.322     Document Type: Article

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