Carnivory in Adult Female Eumenid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) and Its Effect on Egg Production

Seventy captive adult female wasps of the eumenid genera Ancistrocerus and Euodynerus were observed to feed on multiple prey items. It was shown experimentally that E. foraminatus females that fed on prey had significantly larger egg volumes than adult wasps deprived of prey

Methods for Artificial Rearing of Solitary Eumenid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Solitary eumenid wasps of the genera Ancistrocerus and Euodynerus can be reared in small cages. Laboratory-reared larvae of the spruce budworm caterpillars, Choristoneura fumiferana (Lepidoptera: Torlricidae) are suitable prey

Review of \u3ci\u3e Insecticide Resistance: From Mechanisms to Management\u3c/i\u3e Edited by I. Denholm, J. A. Pickett, and A. L. Devonshire

When asked to review this volume, I feared it might be an overly long and involved textbook on pesticide resistance. Happily, the book is actually a collection of papers by some of the world\u27s top resistance researchers. Written in scientific journal style, it contains fourteen concise, articulate, informative papers divided into two sections: Genes and Mechanisms and Ecological Genetics and Management. The book is heavily geared toward resistance researchers, although geneticists, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists may also find it instructive. The general reader would be wise to start with papers in the second section, which offer longer introductions and more basic information on insecticide resistance than those of the first, written more for biochemists and geneticists