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Use of pine resin in nests of pemphredonine wasps
Author(s) -
MUDD A.,
CORBET S. A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
transactions of the royal entomological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.865
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2311
pISSN - 0035-8894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1975.tb00574.x
Subject(s) - nest (protein structural motif) , pinus <genus> , seal (emblem) , predation , pine forest , botany , ecology , biology , archaeology , geography , biochemistry
SUMMARY1 Species of Passaloecus seal their nests with a sticky material. Mass spectrometric comparisons showed this to resemble a pine resin. 2 Thin layer chromatography confirmed that the wasp door material was chemically similar to resin found in some conifer species near the nest. 3 Pine resin is an ideal ‘door material’, and its repellent properties may deter predators.