-
known for its
distinctive red body color.
Polistes metricus adults malaxate (
malaxate means knead or rub [stuff] to make it soft)
their insect prey by chewing...
- will
return to the nest with the body of
their catch. The
female workers malaxate the prey,
removing liquid from the bolus, and feed the
solid remainder...
-
glutinous rice flour,
pomelo blossom water or
vanilla and
simple syrup.
After malaxating rice flour,
fillings similar to that of
baked mooncake is
stuffed inside...
-
observed to
malaxate a
larva and feed a
fragment of this to a
surviving larva. More commonly,
males of P.
metricus have the
general habits of
malaxating pieces...
- The
captured prey is
typically taken to a more
vertical surface and
malaxated by
chewing off legs and wings. In
larger insects, the head is typically...
-
spider is
carried to the wasp's nest by its spinnerets, and prey is then
malaxated,
which may be a
process by
which the wasp
obtains proteins necessary to...
-
developed their parasitoidal biology along predatory lines and they
sting and
malaxate their victims into paralysis. Then they hide the prey and lay
their eggs...
- nest.
After prey has been caught,
workers fly off
quickly so they can
malaxate the prey. This
behavior might be
adaptive since it
takes successful workers...
-
hibernation in a
sheltered area. She will then
emerge and feed on
nectar and
malaxate arthropods until she
attempts to
usurp a host colony. On average, the colony...
- that can
actually be
handled and used effectively. The
builder will then
malaxate the pulp with the
water further and
travel to the
active site of the construction...
