FUNCTIONAL REACTION OF PARASITOIDS IN LOCAL SETTLEMENTS OF THE SOCIAL WASP POLISTES NIMPHA (CHRIST, 1791) IN THE TERRITORY OF THE MESHCHERSKY NATIONAL PARK

Abstract

Ectoparasitoids Latibulus argiolus and Elasmus schmitti were found in 62 nests of Polistes nimpha. P. nimpha colonies nested in the attics of buildings (Meshchersky National Park, Ryazan region). Parasitoids had shown the functional reaction, choosing larger nests, and parasitized there a large number of host larvae.