Venom induces alarm behaviour in the social wasp Polybioides raphigastra (Hymenoptera : Vespidae): an investigation of alarm behaviour, venom volatiles and sting autotomy

• Main Authors: Hashim, Rosli, Turillazzi, S., Sledge, M.F., Dani, F.R., Fortunato, A., Maschwitz, U., Clarke, S.R., Francescato, E., Jones, G.R., Morgan, E.D.
• Format: Article
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: QH301 Biology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8269/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00137.x/abstract
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Chemicals from the venom gland elicited alarm behaviour and attack in the Asian polistine wasp Polybioides raphigastra. When presented with crushed venom glands workers of this wasp respond with a mass stinging attack. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses show that the major volatiles in th...