Factors Affecting the Nesting Success of the Large Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa californica arizonensis
- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 7 (4) , 614-616
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/7.4.614
Abstract
The nesting success of Xylocopa californica arizonensis Cresson (Hymenoptera:Anthophoridae) is determined primarily by the availability of pollen and nectar and by the presence of a source of nest substrate. X. c. arizonensis appears to depend upon the pollen of Larrea tridentata or Prosopis spp. for larval food, when it is available. Predators, parasites and nest competitors are relatively unimportant in limiting nesting success.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: