The relation of the size of the prey of
Sphecius speciosus to the size and sex of the adult wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae).
Effects of Size and Flight Performance on Intermale Mate Competition in the Cicada Killer,
Sphecius speciosus Drury (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae).
Differential prey selection for the sex of offspring in the cicada killer
Sphecius spheciosus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae).
Fox, 1893 7 CN(7)
Sphecius convallis Patton, 1879 1 EB(1)
Sphecius grandis Say, 1823 1 TU(1)
Sphecius speciosus Drury, 1773 1 LP(1) Stenogorytes notabilis Handlirsch, 1888 4 LC(3), OC(1) Tachysphex sp.
While frequency maxima in the midaudio portion of the spectrum may be relatively common among orthopteroids, the disturbance sounds of other insect taxa often feature much lower peak frequencies: e.g., 152-209 Hz in
Sphecius speciosus Drury wasps (Coelho 1998); 2,000 Hz in five reduviid species (Schilman et al.
27) that feed on the roots of various deciduous trees, and the cicada-killer wasp (
Sphecius speciosus (Drury), Sphecidae) that feeds on the cicadas.
- DNA fingerprintings, kin recognition, nepotism, relatedness, society, Sphecius speciosus.
We investigated the possibility that nepotism toward non-descendant kin occurs in a solitary hymenopteran, the cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus).
Eastern cicada killers, Sphecius speciosus Drury, are mass-provisioning wasps found in all but 2 states (Vermont and Maine) of the USA east of the continental divide (Holliday & Coelho 2006) .
Though these results differ from those reported in other studies of Sphecius, size-specific provisioning has been observed in other mass-provisioning, Crabronid wasps such as the digger wasps Cerceris arenaria L.
Eastern cicada killers,
Sphecius speciosus Drury, are large, colonial, mass-provisioning wasps.
