Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica) predation at Hawaii Volcanoes and Haleakala National Parks: identity of prey items

Author:

Gambino, Parker

Title:

Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica) predation at Hawaii Volcanoes and Haleakala National Parks: identity of prey items

Periodical:

Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society

Year:

1992

Volume:

31

Pages:

157-164

Subject:

Western yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica Wasps

Summary:

While the western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica (Saussure), was first discovered on Kauai in 1919, this species did not reach the easternmost islands of Maui and Hawaii until 1978. However, since a subsequent population explosion raised concern regarding the impact that this wasp might have on Hawaiian arthropods, predation by the V. pensylvanica was studied at the Haleakala and Hawaii Volcanoes National Parks in Hawaii with the results reported here.

Label:

Insects - Bees, Wasps

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10125/11289

Collection:

Periodicals