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Studies on the defensive behavior of social wasps are important for different reasons, such as to establish the management of these insects in agricultural areas, avoiding the destruction of colonies for fear of their supposed aggressiveness. Thus, this work aims to propose an additional methodology for evaluating the defensive behavior of social wasps, aiming mainly to estimate the frequency of sting use. The study was conducted with the social wasp species Parachartergus pseudapicalis Willink, through the ad libitum method at the Fazenda Escola of IFSULDEMINAS, campus Inconfidentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil, from March to June, 2022, with 26 hours of ethological records. The methodology determines the use of visual, sound, and mechanical stimuli at different distances from the colony and in a given time frame, aiming at observing their possible reactions to generate statistical results. Thus, the methodology presented is relevant because it proved to be fast, practical, low cost and low impact on biodiversity, which is an important step to develop more studies using it. But to obtain more accurate results, it is necessary to replicate the method in other research.
Keywords: Sampling. Conservation. Ethology. Epiponini. Parachartergus.
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Metodologia para avaliação do comportamento defensivo das colônias de vespas sociais (vespidae: polistinae) em resposta a estímulos externos
Estudos sobre o comportamento defensivo das vespas sociais são importantes por diferentes razões, como por exemplo estabelecer o manejo destes insetos em áreas agrícolas, evitando a destruição das colônias por temor de sua agressividade. Assim, o objetivo do presente trabalho é propor uma metodologia adicional para avaliar o comportamento defensivo das vespas sociais, com o objetivo principal de estimar a frequência da ferroada. O estudo foi realizado com a espécie de vespa social Parachartergus pseudapicalis Willink, através do método ad libitum na Fazenda Escola do IFSULDEMINAS, campus Inconfidentes, Minas Gerais, Brasil, de março a junho de 2022, com 26 horas de registros etológicos. A metodologia determina o uso de estímulos visuais, sonoros e mecânicos a diferentes distâncias da colônia em um tempo determinado, com o objetivo de observar suas possíveis reações para gerar resultados estatísticos. Assim, a metodologia apresentada é relevante porque demonstra ser rápida, prática, de baixo custo e baixo impacto na biodiversidade, a qual é um passo importante para desenvolver mais estudos usando-a. Contudo, para obter resultados mais precisos é necessário replicar o método em outras investigações.
Palavras-chave: Amostragem. Conservação. Etologia. Epiponini. Parachartergus.
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