Title: | Alarm response to venom by social waspsPolistes exclamans andP. fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) |
Author(s): | Post DC; Downing HA; Jeanne RL; |
Address: | "Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, Madison, Wisconsin" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "The venoms ofPolistes exclamans andP. fuscatus elicit alarm behavior and attract attacking wasps. The response is not species specific, for both hetero- and conspecific venoms elicit similar responses in both species. A test in a wind tunnel provided no support for the hypothesis that alarmed wasps release an alarm pheromone on the nest" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEPost, D C Downing, H A Jeanne, R L eng 1984/10/01 J Chem Ecol. 1984 Oct; 10(10):1425-33. doi: 10.1007/BF00990313" |