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Larval Biology Of Some Utah Chrysididae, Bakary Vassery Ouayogode
Larval Biology Of Some Utah Chrysididae, Bakary Vassery Ouayogode
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Biologies of eight chrysidid species were described. These wasps parasitized bees and wasps collected in trap nests set at several sites in two canyons near Logan, Utah. The completed nests were taken to the laboratory and the parasitized ones were kept for study of the development a l biology and behavior of both host and parasites.
The larval stages of Chrysura smaragdicolor, Chrysura sonorensis, Chrysis parkeri, Chrysis derivata, Chrysis coerulans, Cerotachrysis enhuycki, Trichrysis doriae and Hedychridium solierellae were studied. Omalus iridescens and Omalus purpuratus larvae were observed only in the fifth instar. The major …