Cavity-nesting hymenoptera in disturbed habitats of Georgia and South Carolina: Nest architecture and seasonal occurence

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-214

  Jenkins, David A ^a   Matthews, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Euodynerus megaera; Isodontia mexicana; Megachile frigida; Nest construction; Solierella plenoculoides

Indexed keywords

NEST SITE; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANCISTROCERUS; ANCISTROCERUS CAMPESTRIS; APIDAE; APOIDEA; CANIDAE; COELIOXYS; EUMENINAE; EUODYNERUS; EUODYNERUS MEGAERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ISODONTIA MEXICANA; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILE FRIGIDA; MEGACHILIDAE; MELITTOBIA; MELITTOBIA DIGITATA; MONOBIA QUADRIDENS; OSMIA; OSMIA ABLIVENTRIS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLIERELLA PLENOCULOIDES; SPHECIDAE; TRYPOXYLON CLAVATUM; TRYPOXYLON COLLINUM; TRYPOXYLON STRIATUM; VESPIDAE; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA;

EID: 4344585430     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0212.18a.1     Document Type: Article

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