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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Linear alkanes as a tool to evaluate intraspecific differences in social wasps
(Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2018)
STUDY OF THE WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION WITH MEASUREMENTS WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION FROM CRAÍBAS/AL STATION AND SIMULATION WITH WASP MODELEstudo da Produção de Energia Eólica a partir de Medições Anemométricas da Estação de Craíbas/AL e Simulações com o Modelo WASP
(Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2016)
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 ...
Sex ratio in two species of Pegoscapus wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) that develop in figs: can wasps do mathematics, or play sex ratio games?Sex ratio in two species of Pegoscapus wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) that develop in figs: can wasps do mathematics, or play sex ratio games?
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2009)
Foraging behaviour of the exotic wasp Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) on a native caterpillar defoliator
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-09-15)
Vespula germanica is a social wasp and an opportunistic predator. While foraging, these wasps learn and integrate different kinds of cues. They have successfully invaded many parts of the world, including native Nothofagus ...