Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society
Volume
25
Issue
2
Publication Date
4-1-1930
First Page
122
Last Page
123
Abstract
In the December, 1928, issue of this Bulletin, Mr. Geo. P. Engelhardt has an interesting account of the breeding habits of Chlorion harrisi Fernald, which he observed in Texas with Mr. H. B. Parks. Their observations show that the nesting of this wasp is unlike that of the majority of Chlorion, which dig their own burrows in the soil. It is, however, similar to that of Chlorion auripes Fernald (tibialis Lepeletier), as observed in the eastern United States by Angus and, more recently, by Phil and Nellie Rau ; to that of Chlorion elegans (Smith), as described by Davidson in California, by C. N. Ainslie in North Dakota, and by S. A. Johnson in Colorado; and to that of the European Chlorion splendidulum (Costa), according to P. Marchal and H. Nicolas. These four species all agree in selecting pre-existing cavities for the storing of their prey, which consists of tree-crickets or katydids.
Recommended Citation
Bequaert, Joseph, "Nesting habits of Isodontia, a subgenus of Chlorion (Hymenoptera)" (1930). Ba. Paper 278.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_ba/278