ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POMPILID
From New Latin pompilus, from Greek pompilos a fish that accompanies ships, from pempein to send, escort.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POMPILID»
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Ceropales Maculata Fab en Parasitisk
Pompilid
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
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Solitary Wasps: Behavior and Natural History
Pompilidae Most pompilid wasps deposit prey in nests that the female wasps
build from scratch or create by substantially modifying an existing cavity. These
predators will be considered in Chapter 3, and the clep- toparasitic Pompilidae
will ...
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Spiders of Southern Africa
A large pompilid wasp, found in the Namib Desert, specializes in catching
wheeling spiders in the genus Carparachne, and white lady spiders (genus
Leucorchestris). As these spiders are nocturnal and the wasps diurnal, the wasps
normally ...
Astri Leroy, John Leroy, 2003
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Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural ...
Pompilid wasps Family Pompilidae Solitary WASPS, mostly black and both sexes
fully winged. Measuring 4–40 mm long, the legs of pompilid wasps are long,
especially the hind legs and the claws are toothed. This enables the wasp to
catch ...
Peter K. L. Ng, Richard Corlett, Hugh T. W. Tan, 2011
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Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and ...
In another group, the female of the pirate species will lie in wait for an
unsuspecting female of another species of pompilid, dragging its prey to the nest
before rushing out and quickly laying its own egg in the book lung of the
paralyzed spider.
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A New Island Biogeography of the Sea of Cortes
Enhanced plant productivity associated with the 1992-93 ENSO event reportedly
led to increased production of nectar and pollen, the principal food of adult
pompilid wasps, parasitoids that prey on spiders. After 1992 rains, spider
densities ...
San Diego Ted J. Case Professor of Biology University of California, Los Angeles Martin L. Cody Professor of Biology University of California, Exequiel Ezcurra President of Mexico's National Institute of Ecology and Senior Scientist San Diego Natural History Museum, 2002
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Spiders in Ecological Webs
McQueen (1978, 1979) found that the immature instars of the burrowing wolf
spider Geolycosa domifex also were relatively safe from predation by a pompilid
wasp because they closed their burrows during times of wasp activity. The wasps
...
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Identifying British Insects and Arachnids: An Annotated ...
T^he three British Evagetes are kleptoparasites of some other soil-nesting
pompilid species. They seek out and dig down to the host nest and apparently
eat the egg of the original provisioner before laying one of their own. The two
British ...
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The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
is enough for a letter. I eagerly wait to hear what you think of the first box of ' War
butterflies.' ” Extraordinary habits of a Fosson'al wasp—The following note on the
habits of a Pompilid was dated August 9. It was much to be hoped that Dr.
POMPILID SECTION FROM an evolutionary standpoint the insects of this section
are the lowest of those with which we are concerned; and it is interesting to note
here and there among their members evidences of a tendency towards the ...
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POMPILID»
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pompilid is used in the context of the following news items.
Cartwheeling Spider Moves At Breakneck Speed To Avoid Being …
The species, dubbed the golden wheel spider, spends its life trying to avoid its predator the Pompilid wasp. The wasp sniffs out the spider in its ... «Headlines & Global News, May 14»
Moroccan Spider 'Cartwheels' To Escape Predators, Scientists Say …
It lives in constant fear of the parasitic Pompilid wasp; a particularly nasty predator that goes to great lengths to snare its prey. To get at a golden ... «Huffington Post, May 14»
This Spider Rollin', They Hatin': New Species of Cartwheeling Spider
It lives in constant fear of the parasitic Pompilid wasp - a particularly nasty predator that goes to great lengths to snare its prey. To get at a ... «Scientific American, Apr 14»
Amazing close-up pics of bees, spiders and other creatures
Pompilid Spider Wasps catch and paralyse their pray, laying eggs on their bodies for their larvae to feed upon when they hatch. nesting bee. «CBBC Newsround, Jan 14»
Two new beautiful wasp species of the rare genus Abernessia
Two new beautiful wasp species are added to the rare pompilid genus Abernessia, which now contains a total of only four known species. «Phys.Org, Nov 13»
2 new beautiful wasp species of the rare genus Abernessia
Two new beautiful wasp species are added to the rare pompilid genus Abernessia, which now contains a total of only four known species. «EurekAlert, Nov 13»
Review: David Attenborough's Africa
It is unsurprising that this masterpiece took more than four years to shoot, so intricate are sequences like the Pompilid Wasp foraging for water ... «New Statesman, Jan 13»
Redback-spider-hunting wasp discovered
The redback (Latrodectus hasselti) had been thought to have very few predators - that was until a spider-hunting pompilid wasp (Aegenioideus ... «Australian Geographic, Sep 12»
It's not funny anymore, Golden Wheel Spider
Understandably, the golden wheel spider will go to great lengths to ensure that it doesn't become a living nursery for a Pompilid larva, and has ... «Scientific American, Jun 12»
