image: This larva, bending its body and mirroring the letter “J”, was biting another larva at the thoracic part. Body lengths of both cannibal and its victim were around 20 mm. Scale bar indicates 10 mm at the center of the photo. The photo was taken just after opening the nest built in the bamboo cane trap by YI. view more
Credit: Imasaki, Endo, 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Isodontia harmandi wasp siblings "routinely" cannablize each other in the nest, perhaps to ensure a greater share of their mum's food
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0267958
Article Title: Brood reduction caused by sibling cannibalism in Isodontia harmandi (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), a solitary wasp species building communal brood cells
Author Countries: Japan
Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
Brood reduction caused by sibling cannibalism in Isodontia harmandi (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), a solitary wasp species building communal brood cells
Article Publication Date
18-May-2022
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.