Literature
Printable Training Materials
- Cerceris fumipennis – A Biosurveillance Tool for Emerald Ash Bore Biosurveillance (PDF 2.25MB)
- WaspWatcher Pamphlet (PDF 282K) (protocal for finding and using Cerceris fumipennis)
- WaspWatcher Poster (PDF 101MB)
- WaspWatcher Panel, PowerPoint (5.3MB)
- Working with the Smoky-winged Beetle Bandit, by Careless & Marshall, March 2010 Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada. (PDF 1.04MB)
- Maine’s Secret Weapon – A non-stinging Ground Wasp, by Governale, February 12th 2010 Advertiser-Democrat. (PDF 43KB)
- Predatory wasp gives early warning of beetle infestation, by Oosthoek, September 18th 2009 CBC News. (PDF 43KB)
Reports
Careless, P.D. (2009b). 2009 Cerceris fumipennis Project Report. Guelph, ON: Canadian Food Inspection Agency. (PDF 11.3 MB)
Careless, P.D. (2008). 2008 Cerceris fumipennis Project Report. Guelph, ON: Canadian Food Inspection Agency. (PDF 1.7 MB)
Careless, P.D. (2009c). Biosurveillance: utilizing the beetle hunting wasps (Cerceris fumipennis, Hymenoptera: Cabronidae) to detect infestations of emerald ash borers (Agrilus planipennis, Coleoptera: Buprestidae). University of Guelph. Dept. of Environmental Biology;). Masters Thesis, x, 149 p. (PDF 4.0MB)
Journal articles that discuss Cerceris fumipennis
Cartwright, O. L. (1931). Digger wasps and Buprestidae (Hymenoptera: Cerceridae, Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Entomological News, 43, 269-270.
Evans, H. E. (1971). Observations on the nesting behavior of wasps of the tribe Cercerini Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 44, 500-523.
Evans, H. E., & Rubink, W. L. (1978). Observations on the prey and nests of seven species of Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Great Basin Naturalist, 38, 59-63.
Grossbeck, J. A. (1912). Habits of Cerceris fumipennis (say). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 20, 135.
Hook, A. W., & Evans, H. E. (1991). Prey and parasites of Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from central Texas, with description of the larva of Dasymutilla scaevola (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 64(3), 257-264.
Kurczewski, F. E., & Miller, R. C. (1984). Observations on the nesting of three species of Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Florida Entomologist, 67, 146-155.
Marshall, S. A., Paiero, S. M., & Buck, M. (2005). Buprestid sampling at nests of Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in Southern Ontario: The first Canadian records of three buprestids (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Canadian Entomologist, 137(4), 416-419.
Mueller, U. G., Warneke, A. F., Grafe, T. U., & Ode, P. R. (1992). Female size and nest defense in the digger-wasp Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Philanthinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 65(1), 44-52.
Articles that discuss species similar to Cerceris fumipennis
Alexander, B. A., & Asis, J. D. (1997). Patterns of nest occupancy and provisioning in Cerceris rufopicta Smith (Hymenoptera : Sphecidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 10(6), 871-893.