Cocoon Orientation in a Megachilid Bee:1Larval Response to Pollen Placement
作者:
Robert W. Matthews,
Cynthia J. Kislow,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1973)
卷期:
Volume 2,
issue 1
页码: 157-158
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1973
DOI:10.1093/ee/2.1.157
出版商: Oxford University Press
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Nest construction in hollowed-out plant stems or abandoned beetle burrows poses special problems for those solitary bee and wasp species involved. Typically they select a nest bore diameter only slightly greater than the body diameter (Krombein 1967, Michener 1970). and thus cannot turn around inside. Moreover, the cells of the nest are constructed in a linear series separated by partitions. so emergence of the next generation must proceed in an orderly progression. Correct orientation at pupation is vital for survival, because a misdirected cocoon not only causes the individual to become fatally trapped, but will often doom its siblings earlier in the cell series. We here report evidence that cocoon orientation by the solitary megachilid bee,Osmia lignariaSay, is primarily determined by reference to the placement of the pollen food store within the cell.
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