Influence of visual and olfactory cues on the foraging behavior of the paper wasp Mischocyttarus flavitarsis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-118

  McPheron, Linda J ^a   Mills, Nick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillar feeding damage; Frass; Generalist predators; Mischocyttarus flavitarsis (Saussure 1854); Plant volatiles; Searching behavior; Social wasps; Vision

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MISCHOCYTTARUS FLAVITARSIS; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 36549052191     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/30/2007/105     Document Type: Article

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