Field Observations on the Defense and Hunting Behaviour of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Insecta) Species

Authors : Mehmet Ali KIRPIK

Pages : 233-237

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Publication Date : 2017-12-31

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Abstract This study was conducted at 8 sites determined in the south-west of Kars rural are between 2009 and 2015. During the study which was conducted between 9 am and 6 pm in a day, female members of Anoplius viaticus (Linnaeus 1758) of Pompilidae family, which were caught at the sites marked with GPS, were marked and its hunting success, refinding the prey that was lost, and the number of nests dug on a daily basis were examined. The study has found out that, female members of pompilids Asilidae (Diptera:Insecta) family attacked directly, whereas the members of Formica rufa Linnaeu s,1761 attacked indirectly to pompilids. Obtained information is new about pompilids. 
Keywords : Behaviour, Enemies, Hunting, Kars, Pompilidae

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