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Long-term spatial memory in Vespula germanica social wasps: the influence of past experience on foraging behavior
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2017-10)
Social insects exhibit complex learning and memory mechanisms while foraging. Vespula germanica (Fab.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) is an invasive social wasp that frequently forages on undepleted food sources, making several ...
Keys to the Costa Rican species of paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2019)
Cognitive processes in Vespula germanica wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) when relocating a food source
(Entomological Society of America, 2012-01-01)
The German yellowjacket Vespula germanica (F.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), an invasive wasp, is a highly efficient forager. We studied wasp cognitive ability while varying landmark disposition and cue conspicuity. Learning ...
Linear alkanes as a tool to evaluate intraspecific differences in social wasps
(Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2018)
Essential oils as vespid wasp repellents: Implications for their use as a management strategy
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2019-07)
Recently, plant-based repellents have been proposed as a potential alternative to classic pesticides against pest wasps, in certain scenarios. Here, the repellent effect of Dysphania multifida essential oil and one of its ...
The origins of global invasions of the German wasp (Vespula germanica) and its infection with four honey bee viruses
(Springer, 2018-06)
A successful control or eradication programme using biological control or genetically-mediated methods requires knowledge of the origin and the extent of wasp genetic diversity. Mitochondrial DNA variation in the native ...
Flexible foraging decisions made by workers of the social wasp Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in response to different resources: influence of ontogenetic shifts and colony feedback
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2022-07)
Decisions made by foraging animals conform a complex process based on the integration of information from multiple external environmental stimuli and internal physiological signals, which in turn are modulated by individual ...
Evidence of associative blocking during foraging in the social wasp Vespula germanica
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2020-06)
While foraging, Vespula germanica usually return to abundant food sites. During this relocation behavior, these wasps learn to identify contextual cues associated with food position. We analyzed associative blocking in ...
How behavioral plasticity enables foraging under changing environmental conditions in the social wasp Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2020-02)
The foraging strategy at abundant resources of the social wasp Vespula germanica includes scanning in the direction of the nest while memorizing resource‐specific landmarks and contextual cues. In the present study, we ...