Nesting Behavior of Abispa ephippium (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae): Extended Parental Care in an Australian Mason Wasp

Figure 17

A marked female of Pseudabispa paragioides (upper individual) in a battle with a female of A. ephippium; shortly after this photograph was taken, the stung Abispa female died from the venom of Pseudabispa and the latter took over her nest.