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| Author(s): |
Moretti, Thiago de Carvalho
[1]
;
Giannotti, Edilberto
[2]
;
Thyssen, Patricia Jacqueline
[3]
;
Solis, Daniel Russ
[2]
;
Conde Godoy, Wesley Augusto
[4]
Total Authors: 5
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Parasitol, Inst Biociencias, BR-18618000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, BR-13506900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Escola Super Agr Luiz de Queiroz, BR-13418900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Journal of Medical Entomology; v. 48, n. 5, p. 1069-1075, SEP 2011. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 12 |
| Abstract | |
In addition to feeding on carrion tissues and fluids, social wasps can also prey on immature and adult carrion flies, thereby reducing their populations and retarding the decomposition process of carcasses. In this study, we report on the occurrence and behavior of social wasps attracted to vertebrate carrion. The collections were made monthly from September 2006 to October 2007 in three environments (rural, urban, and forest) in six municipalities of southeast Brazil, using baited bottle traps. We collected Agelaia pallipes (Olivier, 1791) (n = 143), Agelaia vicina (Saussure, 1854) (n = 106), Agelaia multipicta (Haliday, 1836) (n = 18), and Polybia paulista Ihering, 1896 (n = 3). The wasps were observed feeding directly on the baits and preying on adult insects collected in the traps. Bait and habitat associations, temporal variability of social wasps, and possible forensic implications of their actions are discussed. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 04/08544-0 - Forensic entomology: the use of Arthropods for determination of time, local, cause and circumstances of death |
| Grantee: | Arício Xavier Linhares |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |