Wasps
Wasps are fascinating and beautiful insects. Some are social and some are solitary, some are pests and some are beneficial.
Cicada Killer Home
Chuck Holliday's extensive website about cicada killer wasps, with photos, movies and information about basic biology, behavior, mating, hunting, and larval development and hatching.
Chuck Holliday's extensive website about cicada killer wasps, with photos, movies and information about basic biology, behavior, mating, hunting, and larval development and hatching.
Cicada Killer Thriller Page
Joe Coelho's multimedia introduction to cicada killers includes photos, sound files, and articles about the life cycle and control of the cicada killer, information about how it regulates its body temperature, and a bibliography.
Joe Coelho's multimedia introduction to cicada killers includes photos, sound files, and articles about the life cycle and control of the cicada killer, information about how it regulates its body temperature, and a bibliography.
Cicada Killer Wasps
Article by Lee Townsend about these large, solitary wasps and their behavior.
Article by Lee Townsend about these large, solitary wasps and their behavior.
Corn Borers Controlled by Parasitic Wasps
Article by Blaine Friedlander, Jr. published 11/14/00 in Cornell University News discusses the control of European corn borers by releasing the wasp Trichogramma ostriniae only once a year in affected areas.
Article by Blaine Friedlander, Jr. published 11/14/00 in Cornell University News discusses the control of European corn borers by releasing the wasp Trichogramma ostriniae only once a year in affected areas.
Dasymutilla occidentalis: The Velvet Ant
This article by Jennifer Adams for Animal Diversity Web summarizes the biology of the solitary, wingless wasp.
This article by Jennifer Adams for Animal Diversity Web summarizes the biology of the solitary, wingless wasp.
Dolichovespula arenaria: The Yellow Jacket
Article by Geoffrey Banks for Animal Diversity Web discusses the biology of this eusocial wasp. The omniverous yellow jacket eats both fruit and insect predators on fruit, and thus has both negative and positive effects on humans.
Article by Geoffrey Banks for Animal Diversity Web discusses the biology of this eusocial wasp. The omniverous yellow jacket eats both fruit and insect predators on fruit, and thus has both negative and positive effects on humans.
Social Behavior of Polistine Wasps
Researchers marked and videotaped colonies of polistine wasps, and have made this material available for use by teachers and their students to conduct a real-life research project.
Researchers marked and videotaped colonies of polistine wasps, and have made this material available for use by teachers and their students to conduct a real-life research project.