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Viktor Sten wrote:
> In 1951 the entomologist N. Tinbergen showed that a wasp Philanthus
> Triangulum (which digs holes in the ground for burying prey insects as food
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> for its larvae) uses a mental picture of the location of the dug hole, to
> find it on return with prey. If one were to search on Tinbergen on say
> google.com the said picture is likely to be found.
At the urging of this interesting tip, I did a search, which turned up two of
the original articles by Nicolaas Tinbergen, published in German Journals.
These are:
Tinbergen, N. and W. Kruyt 1938. Zeitschrift f. Vergleich. Physiol. 25:292.
"Uber die Orientierung des Bienenwolfes (Philanthrus triangularus Fabr.)
III. Die Bevorzugung bestimmter Wegmarken.
and
Tinbergen, N., and W. Kruyt 1938. Biol. Zentr. 58:425. "Uber die
Orientierung des Bienenwolfes (Philanthrus triangularus Fabr.) IV. Heimflug
aus bekannten Gebiet.
Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA
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