A Comparative, Ethological Study of Some Nearctic Digger Wasps of the Genus Tachysphex Kohl (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, Larrinae) |
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abdomen Acrid Acrididae antennae Arcadia Archbold Biological Station Auburn behavior boharti burrow Cayuga County cells per nest CORNELL CORNELL CORNELL UNIVERSITY County digger wasps digging Dissosteira carolina dorsum excavation Female apicalis female tarsatus females of acutus females of apicalis females of similis females of Tachysphex females of tarsatus females of terminatus Figure final closure flight front legs fusus grasshopper Groton Hymenoptera Kill Devil Hills Krombein laevifrons LIBRARY CORNELL linsleyi malaxating males of similis males of terminatus mandibles Melanoplus sp minatus nearctic nest entrance number of prey observed pechumani Peckham and Peckham prey per cell propinquus pygidium Range Mean Rau and Rau seconds Sennett similis and terminatus small prey soil Species of Tachysphex Sphecidae Sphecius sternites sting TABLE Tachysphex tarsatus tarsatus group temporary closure tenuipunctus throwing sand backward UNIVERSITY CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY USNM usually vegetation walk wasp wasp's weight of prey Williams wings