Use of Fruit Juice as a Method for the Collection of Social Wasps

The ecological characteristics and adaptation of social Vespidae to artificial environments needs to be studied to evaluate the impact of these natural enemies on biotic communities and food webs. The community composition and efficiency of collection methods of social wasps were studied in 3 transe...

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Published in:The Florida entomologist 2019-09, Vol.102 (3), p.592-595
Main Authors: Brügger, Bruno Pandelo, Prezoto, Fábio, Araújo de Souza, Laila Salomé, Vinha Zanuncio, Antônio José, Soares, Marcus Alvarenga, Wilcken, Carlos Frederico, Zanuncio, José Cola
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Anthropogenic factors
armadilha atrativa
Artificial environments
baited trap
Biodiversity
busca ativa
Collection
Community composition
Ecosystem biology
Ecosystems
Entomology
Food chains
Food composition
Food webs
Forests
Fruit juices
Fruits
Habitat fragmentation
Human influences
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera social
Mischocyttarus
Natural enemies
Rainy season
RESEARCH PAPERS
Searching
social Hymenoptera
Urban areas
Vespidae
Visual observation
visual search
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Summary:The ecological characteristics and adaptation of social Vespidae to artificial environments needs to be studied to evaluate the impact of these natural enemies on biotic communities and food webs. The community composition and efficiency of collection methods of social wasps were studied in 3 transects in an urban fragment of Atlantic Forest in the Municipal Lajinha Park in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Social wasps were captured by actively searching (visual observation) and with traps baited with fruit juices every mo for 1 yr. The diversity index of social wasps was higher with active searching than with trapping. Social wasps were more abundant in the rainy season. Forest fragments and urban areas constitute refuge sites for social wasps. Mischocyttarus sp. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) was the most successful species in the anthropogenic environment studied.
ISSN:0015-4040
1938-5102
DOI:10.1653/024.102.0315