Flight Distance and Return Capacity of Polistes lanio lanio (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Workers

Social wasps find prey mainly using olfactory cues when foraging. Flight area and the ability to return to the nest after this activity was studied for the predatory wasp Polistes lanio lanio (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) using mark-recapture techniques. One hundred workers of this wasp were r...

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Published in:The Florida entomologist 2020-03, Vol.103 (1), p.38-40
Main Authors: Silva-Filho, Reinildes, Brügger, Bruno Pandelo, Corrêa, Carlos Augusto, Araújo de Souza, Laila Salomé, Rodrigues Cassino, Paulo Cesar, Zanuncio, José Cola, Ramalho Silva, Paulo Roberto, Soares, Marcus Alvarenga, Vinha Zanuncio, Antonio José
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Language:English
Subjects:
Animal behavior
Flight
Foraging
Foraging behavior
forrageamento
Hymenoptera
Memory
Nests
ninhos
Olfaction
Olfactory stimuli
operárias
Polistes
Prey
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Small mammals
social wasps
Tracking
vespas sociais
Vespidae
Wasps
Workers
Workers (insect caste)
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Summary:Social wasps find prey mainly using olfactory cues when foraging. Flight area and the ability to return to the nest after this activity was studied for the predatory wasp Polistes lanio lanio (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) using mark-recapture techniques. One hundred workers of this wasp were removed from 20 nests (5 per nest), marked on the mesothorax, and released after 2 d. Wasps were released at different times and distances to reduce memorization of the flight path. We determined that P. lanio lanio workers' hypothetical foraging area was 13.2 km2 based on their greatest return capacity to nests.
ISSN:0015-4040
1938-5102
DOI:10.1653/024.103.0406