Open AccessOBSERVATIONS ON THE NESTING BEHAVIOUR OF THREE SPECIES OF ROPALIDIA GUÉRIN‐MÉNEVILLE (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE)
Author(s) -
Hook Allan W.,
Evans Howard E.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1982.tb01811.x
Subject(s) - vespidae , nest (protein structural motif) , hymenoptera , biology , nesting (process) , ecology , zoology , biochemistry , materials science , metallurgy
Abstract A nest of Ropalidia socialistica (Saussure) is described. It is of unique type, consisting of a large, naked, vertical comb in a tree crevice. Notes are presented on a large aggregation of R. revolutionalis (Saussure) in suburban Brisbane. The nest of this species consists of a naked, pendant comb of 2 rows of cells; most colonies add smaller “satellite” combs in the course of the season. A few nests of R. plebeiana Richards were intermingled with those of revolutionalis.