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2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 1073-1079
Author(s):  
Dane C Elmquist ◽  
Peter J Landolt ◽  
William Rodney Cooper ◽  
Hal Reed ◽  
Jillian Foutz ◽  
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Abstract Polistes paper wasps in the Fuscopolistes subgenus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) can be serious pests when they swarm at tall man-made structures. Chemical attractants may be useful to trap such paper wasps when they achieve pest status. Polistes venom has been shown to elicit a variety of behavioral responses in congeneric wasps, making it a source for potential chemical attractants. The compound N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide is a principal volatile component in the venom of many female vespid wasps, including numerous Polistes species. We report the presence of N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide in autumn gynes of Polistes metricus Say, Polistes bellicosus Cresson, and Polistes dorsalis (F.), as well as workers of Polistes aurifer (Saussure), P. bellicosus, P. metricus, and P. dorsalis. In field tests conducted in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Washington, N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide attracted male and female P. aurifer and P. metricus, as well as male P. dorsalis and P. bellicosus. Thus, N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide may be a useful lure for trapping these paper wasps in pest situations.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 20190015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Tibbetts ◽  
Jorge Agudelo ◽  
Sohini Pandit ◽  
Jessica Riojas

Transitive inference (TI) is a form of logical reasoning that involves using known relationships to infer unknown relationships (A > B; B > C; then A > C). TI has been found in a wide range of vertebrates but not in insects. Here, we test whether Polistes dominula and Polistes metricus paper wasps can solve a TI problem. Wasps were trained to discriminate between five elements in series (A 0 B−, B 0 C−, C 0 D−, D 0 E−), then tested on novel, untrained pairs (B versus D). Consistent with TI, wasps chose B more frequently than D. Wasps organized the trained stimuli into an implicit hierarchy and used TI to choose between untrained pairs. Species that form social hierarchies like Polistes may be predisposed to spontaneously organize information along a common underlying dimension. This work contributes to a growing body of evidence that the miniature nervous system of insects does not limit sophisticated behaviours.


2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin M Wright ◽  
Trevor D Hyland ◽  
Amanda S Izzo ◽  
Donna R McDermott ◽  
Elizabeth A Tibbetts ◽  
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PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. e0116199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy M. Judd ◽  
Peter E. A. Teal ◽  
Edgar Javier Hernandez ◽  
Talbia Choudhury ◽  
James H. Hunt
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BMC Genomics ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L Toth ◽  
John F Tooker ◽  
Srihari Radhakrishnan ◽  
Robert Minard ◽  
Michael T Henshaw ◽  
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