Saturday 5 July 2014

'Bone-House Wasp' may Use Dead Ants to Protect Their Nest

The 'Bone-house Wasp' -a new species of spider wasp, may use chemical cues from dead ants as a nest protection strategy. This is according to a recent study published July 2, 2014 in the open-access journal emPLOS ONE/em by Michael Staab from University of Freiburg, Germany, and his colleagues from China and Germany. Wasps use a wide variety of nest protection strategies, including digging holes or occupying pre-existing cavities such as in wood. ...

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