Citation

Post DC, Downing HA, Jeanne RL. J. Chem. Ecol. 1984; 10(10): 1425-1433.

Affiliation

Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, Madison, Wisconsin.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00990313

PMID

24318343

Abstract

The venoms of Polistes exclamans and P. 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.

Language: en