Interactions among animals: predation
Wasps as predator
Wasps as predator
| Nederlands | : | Vliesvleugeligen |
| Deutsch | : | Hautflügler |
Crabronidae |
The Crabronidae includes a large number of nest-providing predators, but also a few ectoparasitoids that provision their larvae with such large prey that they need only a single host. The Crabronidae show that the distinction between parasitoid and predator is sometimes quite fuzzy, especially if the same species sometimes provide its larva with a single host, and sometimes with two, if they are too small. These observations also apply to the Sphecidae below. Source: O'Neill, K.M. 2001. Solitary wasps: Behavior and Natural History, p. 58. |
| Tachysphex nitidus |
| Authority | : | (Spinola, 1805) |
| Deutsch | : | Prächtiger Heuschreckenjäger |
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| Appelscha, the Netherlands; 26 May 2012. |
| Tachysphex panzeri |
| Authority | : | (Vander Linden, 1829) |
| Deutsch | : | Panzers Heuschreckenjäger |
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| Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen, the Netherlands; 24 July 2010. | |
| Mellinus arvensis |
| Authority | : | (Linné, 1758) |
| Nederlands | : | Gewone vliegendoder |
| Deutsch | : | Gelber Herbstfliegenjäger |
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| Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 21 September 2008. | |
Sphecidae |
| Prionyx crudelis |
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| Göksü delta (Mersin), Turkey; 16 June 2011. A very large wasp, predator/parasitoid of large grasshoppers. |
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| Prionyx kirbii |
| Nederlands | : | Kirby's langsteelgraafwesp |
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| Karadere (Muğla), Turkey; 8 June 2009. |
| Provides its larva with grasshoppers, either self-caught or by stealing them from other wasps. Source: Polidori, C. et al. 2006: A note on facultative kleptoparasitism in Prionyx kirbii [...] Entomol. Fennica 17: 405 - 413 |
Vespidae |
| Vespa crabro |
| Authority | : | Linnaeus 1758 |
| Nederlands | : | Hoornaar |
| Deutsch | : | Europäische Hornisse |
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| Drents-Friese Woud, the Netherlands; 30 July 2010. | |
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Vespa orientalis |
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| Karadere (Muğla), Turkey; 9 June 2009. |
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Symmorphus cf. allobrogus |
| Authority | : | (Saussure, 1856) |
| Deutsch | : | Berg-Stängelwespe |
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| Öland, Sweden; 15 June 2016. |