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Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp
Maladaptive behaviors reflecting a “bad” choice of habitat or resource have been widely documented; however, their persistence is often difficult to interpret. The potter wasp Delta dimidiatipenne constructs mud cells, in each of which it lays a single egg and places several caterpillars to feed its...
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author | Segoli, Michal Leduc, Sarah Meng, Fengqun Hoffmann, Ishai Kishinevsky, Miriam Rozenberg, Tamir |
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description | Maladaptive behaviors reflecting a “bad” choice of habitat or resource have been widely documented; however, their persistence is often difficult to interpret. The potter wasp Delta dimidiatipenne constructs mud cells, in each of which it lays a single egg and places several caterpillars to feed its offspring. Preliminary observations indicated that a portion of these caterpillars were already parasitized and contained the offspring of the gregarious parasitoid Copidosoma primulum. As a result, the offspring of the potter wasp often failed to develop. To characterize the distribution, frequency and consequences of this intriguing phenomenon, we surveyed potter wasp nests throughout the Negev Desert. Evidence for parasitized caterpillars (mummies) was found in ~85% of the sampled sites, in ~20% of previous years’ nest cells and in ~70–80% of the same year’s cells. The survival and pupal mass of the potter wasp offspring were negatively associated with the presence and number of parasitized caterpillars inside the cells. We concluded that the collection of parasitized caterpillars by D. dimidiantipenne is frequent and costly. The persistence of this behavior may result from limited discrimination ability against parasitized prey by female potter wasps, or by their limited ability to exhibit choosiness under field conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-72508192020-06-04 Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp Segoli, Michal Leduc, Sarah Meng, Fengqun Hoffmann, Ishai Kishinevsky, Miriam Rozenberg, Tamir Sci Rep Article Maladaptive behaviors reflecting a “bad” choice of habitat or resource have been widely documented; however, their persistence is often difficult to interpret. The potter wasp Delta dimidiatipenne constructs mud cells, in each of which it lays a single egg and places several caterpillars to feed its offspring. Preliminary observations indicated that a portion of these caterpillars were already parasitized and contained the offspring of the gregarious parasitoid Copidosoma primulum. As a result, the offspring of the potter wasp often failed to develop. To characterize the distribution, frequency and consequences of this intriguing phenomenon, we surveyed potter wasp nests throughout the Negev Desert. Evidence for parasitized caterpillars (mummies) was found in ~85% of the sampled sites, in ~20% of previous years’ nest cells and in ~70–80% of the same year’s cells. The survival and pupal mass of the potter wasp offspring were negatively associated with the presence and number of parasitized caterpillars inside the cells. We concluded that the collection of parasitized caterpillars by D. dimidiantipenne is frequent and costly. The persistence of this behavior may result from limited discrimination ability against parasitized prey by female potter wasps, or by their limited ability to exhibit choosiness under field conditions. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7250819/ /pubmed/32457338 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65096-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Segoli, Michal Leduc, Sarah Meng, Fengqun Hoffmann, Ishai Kishinevsky, Miriam Rozenberg, Tamir Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp |
title | Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp |
title_full | Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp |
title_fullStr | Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp |
title_full_unstemmed | Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp |
title_short | Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp |
title_sort | frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7250819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32457338 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65096-9 |
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