Yellow Jacket Seed Dispersal

“Dispersal of Spicebush (Calycanthus occidentalis, Calycanthaceae) By Yellow Jackets (Genus Vespula; Hymenoptera: Vespidae)”
Madroño, vol. 66, no. 2, June 2019
Client: Dylan O. Burge, PhD

 

Illustration for an article on a unique method of seed dispersal by yellow jacket wasps (Vespula sp.). The wasps seek out the nutrient-rich outer layer of spicebush (Calycanthus occidentalis) seeds and drop the seeds as they attempt to carry them away. Published in Madroño, August 2019.

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Citation

Burge, D. O., & Beck, J. J. (2019). Dispersal Of Spicebush (Calycanthus Occidentalis, Calycanthaceae) By Yellow Jackets (Genus Vespula; Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Madroño, 66(2), 41. doi: 10.3120/0024-9637-66.2.41