Two episodes of biphasic anaphylaxis in a boy allergic to wasp sting. Case report by Izabela Pędzik-Nowak, Ewa Cichocka-Jarosz

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Nestmate Copulation in the Neotropical Eusocial Wasp Polistes Instabilis de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) by Sean O'Donnell

“…Copulation between individually marked nestmates of the Neotropical eusocial wasp Polistes instabilis is reported. Polistes copulations are rarely observed in the field; this observation is the first documented case of nestmate copulation in the genus. …”
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Kinetic and Photochemical Disequilibrium in the Potentially Carbon-rich Atmosphere of the Warm Jupiter WASP-69 b by Nidhi Bangera, Christiane Helling, Gloria Guilluy, Patricio Cubillos, Luca Fossati, Paolo Giacobbe, Paul Rimmer, Daniel Kitzmann

“…High-resolution transmission spectroscopy of the warm gas giant WASP-69 b has revealed the presence of H _2 O, CO, CH _4 , NH _3 , and C _2 H _2 in its atmosphere. …”
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Role of tomato plant-derived food sources on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, parasitic wasp of Tuta absoluta by Angeliki Syropoulou, Joel González-Cabrera, Judit Arnó, Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat

“…Recent studies have demonstrated that access to floral nectar can improve the biological parameters of this parasitic wasp. However, the effects of other plant-derived food sources available in tomato crops, such as plant guttation and honeydew, have yet to be explored. …”
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Butterflies, Orchids and Wasps. Polyglossia and Aesthetic Lives: Foreign Languages in The Spirit Lamp (1892-1893) by Xavier Giudicelli

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Environmental Factors Influencing Foraging Activity in the Social Wasp Polybia paulista (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini) by Naila Cristina de Souza Canevazzi, Fernando Barbosa Noll

“…Foraging behavior in social wasps is important in the development of the colony and reflects an important ecological interaction between the colony and the environment. …”
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A Social Wasp's Nest from the Cretaceous Period, Utah, USA, and its Biogeographical Significance by John W. Wenzel

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Blaženka Scheuer, Bees, Wasps, and Weasels: Zoomorphic Slurs and the Delegitimation of Deborah and Huldah in the Babylonian Talmud by Karin Tillberg

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An efficient binary spider wasp optimizer for multi-dimensional knapsack instances: experimental validation and analysis by Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Reda Mohamed, Karam M. Sallam, Ibrahim Alrashdi, Ibrahim A. Hameed

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Gall Wasps, Callirhytis quercusclaviger (Ashmead) and Callirhytis cornigera (Osten Sacken) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) by Wayne N. Dixon

“…This publication has been published as DPI Entomology Circular 355 (Nov. 1992) and is also available on the Featured Creatures Web site by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, May 2006. EENY-368/IN664: Gall Wasps, Callirhytis quercusclaviger (Ashmead) and Callirhytis cornigera (Osten Sacken) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) (ufl.edu) …”
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Gall Wasps, Callirhytis quercusclaviger (Ashmead) and Callirhytis cornigera (Osten Sacken) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) by Wayne N. Dixon

“…This publication has been published as DPI Entomology Circular 355 (Nov. 1992) and is also available on the Featured Creatures Web site by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, May 2006. EENY-368/IN664: Gall Wasps, Callirhytis quercusclaviger (Ashmead) and Callirhytis cornigera (Osten Sacken) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) (ufl.edu) …”
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Broken words, furious wasps. How should we translate the sonic materiality of Araweté ritual singing? by Guilherme Orlandini Heurich

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Recruitment in Swarm-Founding Wasps: Polybia occidentalis Does not Actively Scent-Mark Carbohydrate Food Sources by Benjamin J. Taylor, Erik V. Nordheim, Teresa I. Schueller, Robert L. Jeanne

“…Many social bees exhibit this behavior, but scent-marking is absent in social wasps, except for Vespa mandarinia. We tested for scent marking in the swarm-founding wasp, Polybia occidentalis. …”
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Fig abscission as a defense mechanism of Ficus trees against parasitism by non-pollinating fig wasps by Shang-Yang Lin, Bruno Di Giusto, Anthony Bain

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Encarsia Wasp, a Silverleaf Whitefly Parasitoid (suggested) Encarsia formosa Gahan (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) by Erich N. Schoeller, Vivek Kumar, Cindy L. McKenzie, Lance S. Osborne

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Convergent origin and accelerated evolution of vesicle-associated RhoGAP proteins in two unrelated parasitoid wasps by Colinet, Dominique, Cavigliasso, Fanny, Leobold, Matthieu, Pichon, Apolline, Urbach, Serge, Cazes, Dominique, Poullet, Marine, Belghazi, Maya, Volkoff, Anne-Nathalie, Drezen, Jean-Michel, Gatti, Jean-Luc, Poirié, Marylène

“…This evolutionary model has been less described in parasitoid wasps, which use maternal fluids, including venom, to protect their eggs from encapsulation by the host immune system. …”
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New Record of <i>Encarsia protransvena</i> and Confirmed Occurrence of <i>Encarsia hispida</i> (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) as Parasitoids of <i>Singhiella simplex</i> (Hemiptera: Al... by Giuliano Cerasa, Luigi Tomasello, Gianluca Melone, Elia Russo, Gaetano Siscaro, Carmelo Cavallaro, Annamaria Ienco, Francesca Laudani, Vincenzo Palmeri, Orlando Campolo, Francesca Garganese, Francesco Porcelli, Paolo A. Pedata, Vittorio Farina, Giovanni Gugliuzza, Roberto Rizzo, Stefania Laudonia, Gabriella Lo Verde

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Nesting Behavior of Abispa ephippium (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae): Extended Parental Care in an Australian Mason Wasp by Robert W. Matthews, Janice R. Matthews

“…The genus Abispa includes Australia's largest wasps, potters with distinctive mud nests weighing up to 0.5 kg. …”
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The Behavior and Morphology of the Fig Wasps Pegoscapus Assuetus and P. Jimenezi: Descriptions and Suggested Behavioral Characters for Phylogenetic Studies by Steven A. Frank

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Ruptor Ovi, the Number of Moults in Development, and Method of Exit From Masoned Nests. Biology of Eumenine Wasps. VII by Kenneth W. Cooper

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