Nesting Behavior of Abispa ephippium (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae): Extended Parental Care in an Australian Mason Wasp
Figure 16
(a) A single-celled nest of A. ephippium that was occupied by a Pseudabispa paragioides female when discovered. (b) This same nest was found to contain 20 caterpillars and an egg (arrow), having been mass-provisioned by the P. paragioides female.
