Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
Volume
49
Issue
2
Publication Date
4-1-1973
First Page
144
Last Page
148
Abstract
The behavior of only a few species of Microbembex has been reported in any detail (Evans, 1966, for M. monodonta (Say); Goodman, 1970, for M. californica Bohart). This paper describes the behavior of a previously unstudied member of the genus, M. nigrifrons (Provancher). Over two summers ( 1971, 1972) we made a series of observations on this species in central Washington. The study site was located approximately five miles south of Interstate 10 on Dodson Road within ten miles of Royal City. A series of low dunes scattered through this area are inhabited by M. nigrifrons and other bembicine wasps. The dunes rise out of a flat plain covered with sage and other desert scrub brush with buckwheat (Eriogonum sp.) common on the fringes and crests of some dunes.
Recommended Citation
Alcock, John and Ryan, Allen F., "The Behavior of Microbemex nigrifons" (1973). A. Paper 70.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_a/70