title: Alarm response to venom by social waspsPolistes exclamans andP. fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).
abstract: The venoms ofPolistes exclamans andP. fuscatus elicit alarm behavior and attract attacking wasps. The response is not species specific, for both hetero- and conspecific venoms elicit similar responses in both species. A test in a wind tunnel provided no support for the hypothesis that alarmed wasps release an alarm pheromone on the nest.
authors: Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors: D C
authors: DC
authors: Post
authors: H A
authors: HA
authors: Downing
authors: R L
authors: RL
authors: Jeanne