Alarm response to venom by social waspsPolistes exclamans andP. fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 10 (10) , 1425-1433
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00990313
Abstract
The venoms ofPolistes exclamans andP. fuscatus elicit alarm behavior and attract attacking wasps. The response is not species specific, for both hetero- and conspecific venoms elicit similar responses in both species. A test in a wind tunnel provided no support for the hypothesis that alarmed wasps release an alarm pheromone on the nest.Keywords
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