Both olfactory and visual cues promote the hornet Vespa velutina to locate its honeybee prey Apis cerana

doi:10.1007/s00040-013-0326-2

	Both olfactory and visual cues promote the hornet Vespa velutina to locate its honeybee prey Apis cerana
	Wang, Z. W.1; Chen, G.3; Tan, K.1,2
通讯作者	Tan, K (reprint author), Yunnan Agr Univ, Plant Protect Coll, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China. ; kentan@xtbg.ac.cn
	2014-02-01
发表期刊	INSECTES SOCIAUX
ISSN	0020-1812
卷号	61 期号:1 页码:67-70
摘要	Predators use olfactory, visual and sometimes acoustic cues from the preys to assess food information. However, it is not known if the aggressive hornets (Vespa spp.) use olfactory, visual, or both types of information to find and recognize prey. In the present study, we trained hornet workers (Vespa velutina) to a feeding area. Once the hornets began consistently foraging at this feeding area, we determined whether they located prey (bees, Apis cerana) via olfactory or visual cues. We did this by testing whether hornets were attracted to a dummy bait (bee dummy bait or non-bee dummy bait) treated with extracts of honeybee cuticular hydrocarbons. We then tested whether hornets could distinguish between bee dummy bait and cotton ball dummy bait, both treated with bee odors. Hornets preferred the dummy treated with bee odors, and bee dummies (with bee images) were more attractive to the hornet than the cotton ball dummies with only bee odors. These results clearly indicate that a combination of olfactory and visual cues helps the hornet to locate its prey.
关键词	Vespa Velutina Predator Food Location Apis Cerana Bee Extractions
学科领域	Entomology
DOI	10.1007/s00040-013-0326-2
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000334512900007
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/18059
专题	资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室
作者单位	1.Yunnan Agr Univ, Plant Protect Coll, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Bot Garden, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Z. W.,Chen, G.,Tan, K.. Both olfactory and visual cues promote the hornet Vespa velutina to locate its honeybee prey Apis cerana[J]. INSECTES SOCIAUX,2014,61(1):67-70.
APA	Wang, Z. W.,Chen, G.,&Tan, K..(2014).Both olfactory and visual cues promote the hornet Vespa velutina to locate its honeybee prey Apis cerana.INSECTES SOCIAUX,61(1),67-70.
MLA	Wang, Z. W.,et al."Both olfactory and visual cues promote the hornet Vespa velutina to locate its honeybee prey Apis cerana".INSECTES SOCIAUX 61.1(2014):67-70.

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