Feeding strategies and intraspecific competition in German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica).

The German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica) is an opportunist predator and a scavenger, whose eclectic diet also includes honey, brood, dead and live honey-bees. There is no evidence in this species of coordinated attacks against bees involving other conspecifics, although intraspecific competition...

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Main Authors: Michelina Pusceddu, Alessandra Mura, Ignazio Floris, Alberto Satta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6203408?pdf=render