While social wasps, like hornets and yellow jackets, garner most of
the publicity (most of it negative), the vast majority of wasp
species, including digger wasps, spider wasps, and mud-daubers, are
solitary. Elegant in appearance and distinctive in their actions,
solitary wasps have long fascinated observers and have been the
subject of narratives by such naturalists and scientists as Jean
Henri Fabre, Niko Tinbergen, and Howard Ensign Evans.
Each adult female solitary wasp forages alone and, if she builds
a nest, it is occupied solely by herself and her own off-spring.
Females use their stings mainly for hunting, rather than for
defense, and exhibit a wide range of foraging and parental
behaviors. Solitary wasps are of special interest to ethologists
and evolutionary biologists.
Kevin M. O'Neill provides readable yet thorough accounts of the
natural history of the major families of solitary wasps and also
surveys the current state of scientific research on these insects.
Numerous comprehensive tables of quantitative data serve as an
excellent reference for biologists.
Topics covered in Solitary Wasps: Behavior and Natural History
include:
-- classification of the solitary wasps and their relation to other
Hymenoptera
-- foraging and nesting behaviors
-- mating and parental strategies
-- thermoregulation
-- natural enemies
-- defensive strategies
-- directions for future research
Solitary Wasps: Behavior and Natural History is the first
general survey in more than 25 years to be dedicated to its subject
and is the best place to turn for information about the biology and
compelling behavior of these common insects.
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