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Anthophora (Clisodon) terminalis Cresson in Trap-nests in Wisconsin (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. T. Medler
J. T. Medler
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Abstract

Sixty nests of Anthophora terminalis Cresson were obtained from sumac stick trap-nests during 1952-1962. The cells were constructed with sawdust chewed from the walls of the hole drilled in the trap. Each cell was 7 mm. wide and 11 mm. long, lined with a salivary secretion, and separated from adjacent cells by partitions. The mean number of cells was 5.8 (range 1-11). A sawdust plug was constructed on top of the last cell, and usually located a few inches from the orifice of the hole. Provisions in the cells normally had a "sour" odor, and in many cells the provisions were spoiled. Adults were reared with difficulty, as the larva did not spin a cocoon. In nests with both sexes, the females invariably preceded the males. A nest found in a dead poplar log was essentially the same as those made in the traps. Floral hosts included Stachys palustris L., Nepeta cataria L. and Epilobium angustifolium L. There was one generation a year in Wisconsin.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 96 , Issue 10 , October 1964 , pp. 1332 - 1336
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1964

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