Distribution
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
S. Ark., La., Okla., Tex. s. to Argentina.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
General Ecology
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
The large colonies, usually with many thousands of individuals, are found in more or less temporary nests in decayed logs and stumps or in ground beneath objects. They are subterranean and nocturnal. Food consists of other arthropods, small mammals, birds, and nuts. Workers are highly predaceous and are known to feed on injurious insects such as the immature stages of the screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel)) and the secondary screwworm (C. macellaria (F.)).
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
