Foraging by Polybia (Trichothorax) ignobilis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) on flies at animal carcasses

Gomes, Leonardo; Gomes, Guilherme; Oliveira, Helena Gutierrez; Morlin, José Jordan; Desuó, Ivan César; Silva, Iracema M. da; Shima, Sulene Noriko; Zuben, Cláudio José Von

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262007000300018

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“…A study with pig carcass registered that this species arrives to the substrate looking for other insects, mainly dipterans of the families Muscidae and Calliphoridae, thus classifying it as predatory 15 , which was not observed in this study.…”

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Ecological and Forensic Implications of Social Wasps on Pig Carcass Degradation in Brazilian Savannah

Simões¹,

Guedes²,

Thyssen³

et al. 2013

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Abstract.Herein are recorded the composition and richness of 188 specimens of social wasps collected processing pig carcasses (Sus scrofa L.) in a Brazilian Savannah. Among the species collected Polybia (Myrapetra) fastidiosuscula de Saussure, 1854 (n = 178), Polybia (Trichotorax) ignobilis (Haliday, 1836) (n = 6), Apoica (Apoica) gelida Van der Vecth, 1972 (n = 3) and Polybia (Trichotorax) sericea (Olivier, 1791) (n = 1) were founded using fresh, bloated, decayed and skeletonized pig caracass. P. fastidiosuscula showed significant differences among decomposition stages, with preference for the bloated stage. The high abundance of social wasps in animal carcasses under decomposition, mainly those considered necrophagous, reveals the ecological importance of these wasps in carcass fragmentation by directly influencing the duration of the decomposition process. Moreover, the preference of P. fastidiosuscula for the bloated stage may be used as subsidy for forensic implications.

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Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 70%

Ecological and Forensic Implications of Social Wasps on Pig Carcass Degradation in Brazilian Savannah

Simões¹,

Guedes²,

Thyssen³

et al. 2013

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“…The colonies of P. ignobilis have more workers than P. scutellaris (Raw 1998, Santos et al 2007. As seen in this work for Diaphania spp., Gomes et al (2007) (for fly larvae) and Picanço et al (2010) (for A. monuste caterpillars) observed high efficiency of insect predation by P. ignobilis.…”

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Natural Biological Control of Diaphania spp. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) by Social Wasps

Picanço

2014

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The social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) are important agents of biological control for agricultural pests. Diaphania hyalinata L. and Diaphania nitidalis Cramer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) are among the main pests of plants in the Cucurbitaceae family. Although the importance of social wasps is acknowledged, little is known about their activity as biological control agents in Diaphania spp. Thus, this work aimed to study the natural biological control of the caterpillars D. hyalinata and D. nitidalis by social wasps. We studied the natural biological control of caterpillars of D. hyalinata and D. nitidalis on cucumber hybrids Sprint 440 II and Vlasstar. The main predators of Diaphania caterpillars were the social wasps, followed by Diptera: Syrphidae; Hemiptera: Anthocoridae; Coleoptera: Coccinellidae, Anthicidae; Neuroptera: Chrysopidae and Arachnida: Araneae. Predation of D. hyalinata caterpillars by social wasps was high from the second to fifth instar. The predation of D. nitidalis caterpillars by social wasps was high from the second to fourth instar. There was no predation by social wasps on the first instar larvae of Diaphania spp. The cucumber hybrids did not influence the predation of Diaphania spp. by social wasps. The main social wasp predator of Diaphania spp. was Polybia ignobilis (Haliday). Also, we observed the social wasp Polybia scutellaris (White) preying on D. hyalinata but at low intensity.

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“…Foraging activity is considered one of the most important and complex behaviors exhibited by social wasps (Lima & Prezoto, 2003), and it is dependent on the ability of the insects to interact with the environment, as well as the availability of essential resources to support the colony (Gomes et al, 2007). Most species of predatory social insects obtain the necessary protein resources for the development of the colony by capturing other insects, especially immature beetles, termites, and lepidopterans (Rabb & Lawson, 1957).…”

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“…After locating and capturing prey, workers cut them into pieces, then chew the materials and distribute them to offspring (Gomes et al, 2007). In some cases, they can store food source, such as nectar, together with parts of prey (Silveira et al, 2005).…”

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Opportunistic Strategies for Capture and Storage of Prey of Two Species of Social Wasps of the Genus Polybia Lepeletier (Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini)

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The foraging activity in social wasps is complex behavior that involves the ability to locate and transport the resources necessary for the colony. The activity is opportunistic and generalist, sometimes adapting to the availability of the resources when the colonies are exposed to critical environmental conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the opportunistic behavior of two species of wasps of the genus Polybia for the capture and storage of prey in the form of flights of winged. Five colonies of Polybia occidentalis (Olivier) and two colonies of Polybia paulista (L.) were collected. Six of them contained stored winged of termites, and one contained winged of ants. The results indicated that these two species practice an opportunistic foraging strategy and are able to store large quantities of protein resources in their colonies.

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Foraging by Polybia (Trichothorax) ignobilis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) on flies at animal carcasses

Cited by 19 publications

References 15 publications

Ecological and Forensic Implications of Social Wasps on Pig Carcass Degradation in Brazilian Savannah

Ecological and Forensic Implications of Social Wasps on Pig Carcass Degradation in Brazilian Savannah

Natural Biological Control of Diaphania spp. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) by Social Wasps

Opportunistic Strategies for Capture and Storage of Prey of Two Species of Social Wasps of the Genus Polybia Lepeletier (Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini)

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