Seasonality and nesting habits of the endemic social wasp Polistes ridleyi Kirby, 1890 in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Northeast Brazil

Seasonality and nesting habits of the endemic social wasp Polistes ridleyi Kirby, 1890 in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Northeast Brazil

We studied the seasonality and made notes about the nesting habits of the endemic social wasp Polistes ridleyi Kirby, 1890 of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago. We collected 427 adult paper wasp P. ridleyi specimens for nine months using Malaise interception traps. The highest abundance of wasps...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Somavilla, Thiago Mahlmann, Bruno Correa Barbosa, Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira, José Albertino Rafael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2023-02-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
Agglomeration found
Dry season
Nests
Oceanic islands fauna
Polistinae
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/8541

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