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Diet of the wasps Vespula vulgaris and V. germanica in honeydew beech forest of the South Island, New Zealand

Richard J. HarrisDepartment of ZoologyUniversity of CanterburyChristchurch, New Zealand
Pages 159-169 | Received 02 Nov 1990, Accepted 25 Jan 1991, Published online: 22 Nov 2013

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