Nectar-seeking and host-seeking by Larra bicolor (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), a parasitoid of Scapteriscus mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 939-943

  Portman, S L ^a   Frank, J H ^b   McSorley, R ^b   Leppla, N C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biocontrol; Manipulative biocontrol; Nectar source

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CRICKET; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWERING; HOST LOCATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NECTAR; PARASITOID; PASTURE; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DENSITY; WASP;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NECTAR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WASP;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GRYLLIDAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; NECTAR; WASPS; PLANT NECTAR;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA FASCICULATA; CRABRONIDAE; GRYLLOTALPIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTIVORA; LARRA BICOLOR; ORTHOPTERA; RUBIACEAE; SCAPTERISCUS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO FISTULOSA; SPERMACOCE; SPERMACOCE PROSTRATA; SPERMACOCE VERTICILLATA;

NECTAR;

EID: 77953175839     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09268     Document Type: Article

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