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Post by egorpafos on Mar 18, 2017 21:01:55 GMT
Had somebody caught male Strepsiptera? Where (mountain/meadow/fluvial area)? Where (Canada/Siberia/France)?
I think I can catch a Hymenoptera, on which the female parasitizes.
Wasp put in bait, the female will start to emit pheromones, the male will fly on them. An adequate idea or not?
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Post by NathanGrosse on Mar 30, 2017 14:16:57 GMT
Ive never heard of anyone's actively baiting them with live wasps before, but I suppose it's technically possible. My technique has always been to capture as many paper wasps as possible and carefully scrutinize their abdomens. The Strepsiptera are rare, but you'll find them eventually
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Post by Adam Cotton on Mar 30, 2017 15:18:03 GMT
I was going to reply to this after the original post but forgot (sorry).
I know very little about Strepsiptera, especially Hymenoptera parasites, but it occurs to me that if the parasite has already mated before you catch the wasp then you won't attract any males anyway.
Adam.
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Post by jshuey on Mar 31, 2017 12:01:00 GMT
Had somebody caught male Strepsiptera? Where (mountain/meadow/fluvial area)? Where (Canada/Siberia/France)? I think I can catch a Hymenoptera, on which the female parasitizes. Wasp put in bait, the female will start to emit pheromones, the male will fly on them. An adequate idea or not?
I think that could work for attracting males. Find a female in a wasp, hope that it has not yet mated, and see if it attracts a male...
It seems like a long shot, but otherwise, I think finding a male is just based on luck. They are pretty rare in collections.
John
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