Bird dropping masquerading of the nest by the potter wasp<i>Minixi suffusum</i>(Fox, 1899) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Auko, Tiago Henrique; Trad, Bhrenno Maykon; Silvestre, Rogério

doi:10.1080/03946975.2015.1027103

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“…Many parasitoid wasps are able to discriminate against already parasitized hosts, on which the survival and development of their offspring are compromised 34,35 . Although selection in relation to prey species is probably common in potter wasps [36][37][38][39] , discrimination in relation to prey parasitism status has rarely been reported. In one case, females of the species Euodynerus foraminatus were observed to inspect and evacuate caterpillars from their nests 31 .…”

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Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp

Segoli

Leduc

Meng

et al. 2020

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Maladaptive behaviors reflecting a "bad" choice of habitat or resource have been widely documented; however, their persistence is often difficult to interpret. The potter wasp Delta dimidiatipenne constructs mud cells, in each of which it lays a single egg and places several caterpillars to feed its offspring. preliminary observations indicated that a portion of these caterpillars were already parasitized and contained the offspring of the gregarious parasitoid Copidosoma primulum. As a result, the offspring of the potter wasp often failed to develop. To characterize the distribution, frequency and consequences of this intriguing phenomenon, we surveyed potter wasp nests throughout the Negev Desert. Evidence for parasitized caterpillars (mummies) was found in ~85% of the sampled sites, in ~20% of previous years' nest cells and in ~70-80% of the same year's cells. The survival and pupal mass of the potter wasp offspring were negatively associated with the presence and number of parasitized caterpillars inside the cells. We concluded that the collection of parasitized caterpillars by D. dimidiantipenne is frequent and costly. The persistence of this behavior may result from limited discrimination ability against parasitized prey by female potter wasps, or by their limited ability to exhibit choosiness under field conditions.

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Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp

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Leduc

Meng

et al. 2020

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“…Masquerade is a camouflage behaviour in which recognition by predators is prevented by a prey animal resembling an inanimate object, causing predators to misjudge an animal for inedible or unimportant objects such as stones, branches, fallen leaves, or bird droppings (Endler, 1981;Stevens & Merilaita, 2009;Skelhorn et al, 2010a;Liu et al, 2015;Auko et al, 2015;Rowland, 2017). Prey may resemble models in color and size (Skelhorn et al, 2010b, c;Skelhorn & Ruxton, 2013;Valkonen et al, 2014) and shape and posture (Skelhorn, 2015;Suzuki & Sakurai, 2015).…”

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Quantifying shape similarity between prey and uninteresting models to study animal masquerade

Xiao

Shi

2020

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Masquerade occurs when an organism resembles an inedible or uninteresting object (model), such as a leaf, stick, or stone. The shapes of many species are described as similar to those of models in their microhabitats, but these similarities have not been quantified effectively. To describe the shape similarity between an animal and a model, we applied a shape description method in a field study of the four-eyed turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata). Our results showed that shape similarity between turtles and stones in the Hezonggou River was significantly higher midstream than that upstream and downstream. In line with these findings, masquerade efficiency was highest for turtles in the midstream area, with both inexperienced and experienced human ‘predators’. Masquerade efficiency was positively correlated with shape similarity in all stream sections. Shape similarity ranged from 0 to 1, with <0.65 indicating low masquerade efficiency and >0.80 indicating high masquerade efficiency. Our quantitative method was able to provide data that could be used to form an ecologically plausible argument; thus, shape similarity can be used to assess animal’s masquerade efficiency. This method will be of considerable use in future animal masquerade research.

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“…Such biological strategies are scarcely known for the potter wasps as a whole, but recent available data are showing them to be very plastic regarding nesting strategies (e.g. , Auko et al 2015. We hereby propose the description of two new species of Pirhosigma, along with an updated catalog for all species included in the genus.…”

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Two new species of Pirhosigma Giordani Soika (Vespidae, Eumeninae), with an updated catalog for the genus

Ferreira¹,

Hermes²,

Garcete-Barrett³

et al. 2019

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Two new species of eumenine wasps were described from Panama and Peru, namely Pirhosigma abregoi Garcete-Barrett & Hermes sp. nov. and P. cambrai Garcete-Barrett & Ferreira sp. nov. Lectotypes are designated for Eumenes deformata barberoi Bertoni and Eumenes superficialis mondaiensis Bertoni. Pirhosigma mearimense putumayense Giordani Soika stat. nov. is treated as a color variation of the typical P. mearimense (Zavattari). Additions to the key by Ferreira et al. (2017) are made and an updated catalog for species included in the genus is provided.

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Bird dropping masquerading of the nest by the potter waspMinixi suffusum(Fox, 1899) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Cited by 6 publications

References 26 publications

Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp

Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp

Quantifying shape similarity between prey and uninteresting models to study animal masquerade

Two new species of Pirhosigma Giordani Soika (Vespidae, Eumeninae), with an updated catalog for the genus

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