DIET OF <i>POLISTES </i>WASPS (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE: <i>POLISTES</i>) IN DONETSK CITY
The diet of wasps Polistes dominula , Polistes gallicus and Polistes nimpha in Donetsk was studied. They noted the use of nectar, fruit pulp and sap of 87 species of flowering plants as carbohydrate food. Proteinaceous nourishment is provided by hunting for insects at least 6 orders (preference is given to caterpillars of butterflies), very rarely - also by collecting carrion.