2010
DOI: 10.1673/031.010.14135
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A Long Slit-Like Entrance Promotes Ventilation in the Mud Nesting Social Wasp,Polybia spinifex: Visualization of Nest Microclimates using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Abstract: Polybia spinifex Richards (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) constructs mud nests characterized by a long slit-like entrance. The ventilation and thermal characteristics of the P. spinifex nest were investigated to determine whether the nest microclimate is automatically maintained due to the size of the entrance. In order to examine this hypothesis, a numerical simulation was employed to predict the effects of the entrance length. The calculations were performed with 3D-virtual models that simulated the P. spinifex nest… Show more

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