Conservative Estimates of Hunting Distance in Cerceris fumipennis Say (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

Christine A. Nalepa; Whitney G. Swink; Paul Merten; Jason E. Moan

doi:10.18474/0749-8004-48.4.299

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Christine A. Nalepa,^1,* Whitney G. Swink,¹ Paul Merten,^1,** Jason E. Moan^1,***

¹Beneficial Insects Laboratory, Plant Industry Division, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & C

^*Address inquiries (christine.nalepa@ncagr.gov).
^**USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection Southern Region, 200 WT Weaver Blvd. Asheville, NC 28804, USA.
^***North Carolina Forest Service, 2411 Old US Hwy 70 West, Clayton, NC 27520, USA.

Abstract

Plant host specificity of prey buprestid beetles was used to estimate the minimum distance of hunting flights by the solitary fossorial wasp, Cerceris fumipennis Say. Plant hosts of the 5 beetle species investigated were each found at less than 200 m of the wasp nesting area. Although these results indicate neither average nor maximal hunting range, they suggest a working hypothesis that foraging in close proximity to the nesting site may be the norm.

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Christine A. Nalepa, Whitney G. Swink, Paul Merten, and Jason E. Moan "Conservative Estimates of Hunting Distance in Cerceris fumipennis Say (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)," Journal of Entomological Science 48(4), 299-305, (1 October 2013). https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-48.4.299

Received: 12 December 2012; Accepted: 1 March 2013; Published: 1 October 2013

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