Tuesday, December 11, 2007
D0459

Ornamental plants as nectar source for Larra bicolor (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) and their influence on mole crickets

Cheri Abraham, cam384@msstate.edu and David W. Held, dwh56@msstate.edu. Mississippi State University, Entomology and Plant Pathology, 103 Clay Lyle Entomology, Box 9775, Mississippi State, MS



Species 1: Hymenoptera Sphecidae Larra bicolor (larra wasps)
Species 2: Orthoptera Gryllotalpidae Scapteriscus borellii (southern mole cricket)
Species 3: Orthoptera Gryllotalpidae Scapteriscus vicinus (tawny mole cricket)