Nesting behaviour and larval biology of Sphex opacus Dahlbom (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) from Brazil

Abstract

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22 (3): 709-711, setembro 2005Sphex Linnaeus, 1758 is a large and widely distributed genus of digger wasps that usually hunt on Tettigoniidae (Ensiferae) to provision the nests. Although the behaviour of some species of Sphex has been comprehensibly studied