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− | In Australia it was found that damage by mud-daubing wasps subsided after the eradication of feral buffaloes. The disappearance of the buffalo wallows corrected an environmental imbalance and eliminated the supply of mud (Bednarik 1989). | + | In Australia it was found that damage by mud-daubing wasps subsided after the eradication of feral buffaloes. The disappearance of the buffalo wallows corrected an environmental imbalance and eliminated the supply of mud (Bednarik 1989).BEDNARIK, R. G. 1989. Priorities in rock art conserva-tion. Pictogram 2(1): 5-6. |
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Nests of mud-daubing insects, however, should be removed (after first wetting them, or during the wet season in the tropics; but see below), because it has been found that existing nests attract new ones (Naumann and Watson 1987). | Nests of mud-daubing insects, however, should be removed (after first wetting them, or during the wet season in the tropics; but see below), because it has been found that existing nests attract new ones (Naumann and Watson 1987). | ||
+ | NAUMANN, I. D. and J. A. L. WATSON 1987. Wasps and bees (Hymenoptera) on rock faces at Koolburra. Rock Art Research 4: 26-7. |
Revision as of 04:20, 20 October 2006
The following species are in Bourquin's list:
- Sphecidae
- Sphecinae, thread-waisted wasps
- Pison, mud daubers, prey on spiders
- argentatum, arrived between 1911 and 1936 (Insects of Guam I)
- Sceliphron, mud daubers, prey on spiders
- caementarium (Drury)
- latum Smith
- Chalybion, mud daubers, prey on spiders
- bengelensis Dahlbom
- Pison, mud daubers, prey on spiders
- Sphecinae, thread-waisted wasps
- Vespidae
- Eumeninae, mason and potter wasps
- Delta, prey on caterpillars
- campaniformis gracilis (Sassure)
- circinalis (F.)
- esuriens (F.)
- pyriforme (F.)
- Rygchium, nest in ground?
- haemorrihoidale
- quinquecinctum brunneum (F.)
- Subancistrocerus
- domesticus W.
- Delta, prey on caterpillars
- Eumeninae, mason and potter wasps
Conservation
LAMBERT, D. Conserving Australian Rock Art: A manual for site managers. Edited by Graeme K. Ward. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1989
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/gipri/web/public/pdf/bibliografiacomentada_parques.pdf
Watson, J.A. & J.M. Flood 1987. Termite and wasp damage to Australian rock art. Rock Art Research 4:17-28.
Wilson, M., Spriggs, M., and Lawson, E. (2001). Dating the Rock-Art of Vanuatu: AMSRadiocarbon Determinations from Abandoned Mud-Wasp Nests and Charcoal Pigmentfound in Sperimposition. Rock Art Research, 18(1):24–32.Australasian Connections and New Directions
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/conserv/web/index.html
In Australia it was found that damage by mud-daubing wasps subsided after the eradication of feral buffaloes. The disappearance of the buffalo wallows corrected an environmental imbalance and eliminated the supply of mud (Bednarik 1989).BEDNARIK, R. G. 1989. Priorities in rock art conserva-tion. Pictogram 2(1): 5-6.
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/conserv/web/allbio.html
Nests of mud-daubing insects, however, should be removed (after first wetting them, or during the wet season in the tropics; but see below), because it has been found that existing nests attract new ones (Naumann and Watson 1987). NAUMANN, I. D. and J. A. L. WATSON 1987. Wasps and bees (Hymenoptera) on rock faces at Koolburra. Rock Art Research 4: 26-7.