Boros István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 52. (Budapest 1960)

Móczár, L.: The loess wall of Tihany and the nesting of Odynerus spiricornis Spin. (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae)

Explanation of Plates Plate I. Fig. 1. The loess wall at Tihany. — Fig. 2. The turrets of Odynerus spiricornis Spin, on the loess wall. Plate II. Fig. 3. A wasp on the search for a nesting place. — Fig. 4. The wasp constructs a small ledge at the commencement of its nest-building. — Fig. 5. While constructing its turret, the wasp pushes the mud pill outwards by its forehead. — Fig. 6. The wasp holds back the mud pill by its posterior legs. Plate III. Fig. 7. During flight, the wasp holds the sawfly larve also by its legs. — Fig. 8—9. When alighting on the turret, the wasp holds the sawfly larve by its mandibles and middle legs. •— Fig. 10. Two Odynerus on the same turret. Plate IV. Fig. 11. The Odynerus rests with its sawfly larve on the loess wall. — Fig. 12. The egg of Odynerus spiricornis. — Fig. 13. The nest of Odynerus is of the Zweigbeute-type. Plate V. Fig. 14. The sawfly larve Neuroterus nemoralis with the larve of the wasp. — Fig. 15. The contents of a cell : the narcotized sawfly larvae of Neuroterus nemoralis and a young Odynerus larve. —-Fig. 16. An older Odynerus larve, its body curved. — Fig. 17. A younger, wholly developed wasp larve. (Plate I

—V. photo L. Móczár)