Comparative nesting success of the keyhole mud-dauber (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Trypoxylon nitidum) in different substrates

The solitary wasp Trypoxylon nitidum F. Smith nests in a variety of existing cavities. Nesting success – the fraction of completed, provisioned cells that produced adult offspring – can be estimated by examination of old cells. We estimated nesting success of T. nitidum in new and...

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Main Authors: Dyan M. Nelson, Christopher K. Starr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:http://jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9997