A comparison of nesting behaviour and prey selection in some Southern African species of Ammophila (Hymenoptera : Sphecidae)

Nesting behaviour and prey selection was compared in eight species of Ammophila. The frequent sympatry of these species was a central point of interest in the study. Nest siting differed markedly in several species. A. ferrugineipes, A. dolichodera, A. dolichocephala and, probably, A. conifera neste...

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Main Author: Weaving, Alan James Shelley
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 1987
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002050