Lou - I've never seen a wasp with a prey item. As old as I am, my eyesight might not be what it should be. Mostly, I've seen them kicking out the frass and then cementing the hole shut with mud. You'll also see mud-filled, sealed holes with a small round hole in the mud; meaning the critter has emerged.
Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Louis Sorkin <sor...@amnh.org> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 11:44 am Subject: Re: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. o post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net o unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ---------------------------------------------------------- Tom, id you ever see any prey items that the wasps carry? Maybe these are ome species of sphecid wasp? ou Lou - The wasps I've observed kick out the frass and use it as a nesting site. When she's finished, she plugs the hole with mud. I've seen it with small, round holes on the exterior of log cabins as well as Old House Borer oval flight holes. There are a variety of wasps involved. I've watched the females in certain situations, but have never collected any. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Louis Sorkin <sor...@amnh.org> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 8:57 am Subject: Re: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles Tom, in your accompanying paper I was wondering what small wasps collect the beetle frass. Also, some small wasps can be parasitoids of wood boring beetles. Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -----Original message----- From: bugma...@aol.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 12:45:40 GMT+00:00 Subject: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles Group - Questions concerning powderpost beetles have recently arisen. Over the past 35 years, I have provided expert witness testimony as an entomologist specializing in urban pest management in hundreds of wood-destroying litigation matters in numerous states. I am attaching a summary of information about powderpost beetles for your review. Feel free to ask questions about your specific situations. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. 469 Mimosa Circle Kennett Square, PA 19348 610-444-2277 Office 610-348-9890 Cell www.museumpestcontrol.com - lease consider the environment before printing this e-mail ouis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. ntomology Section ivision of Invertebrate Zoology merican Museum of Natural History entral Park West at 79th Street ew York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 ax: 212-769-5277 mail: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. mail: n...@amnh.org eb: www.nyentsoc.org nline journal from 2001 forward ww.BioOne.org ------------------------------------------------------------- o send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to mail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist" ny problems email l...@zaks.com
