Family Braconidae - Braconid Wasps

This book is available online at http://www.archive.org/details/hymenopteratexan00cres. It is not impressive visually. For example, there are few illustrations. However, it claims to describe 600 species, half of which had not been described previously.

A readable reference on wasp biology. Out of print, sometimes can be found used.

Contains information concerning the behavior of a variety of solitary wasps (e.g. sphecid, pompilid, and vespid wasps). This is not, however, an identification guide and this book does not treat what are considered parasitic wasps (e.g. chalcid and ichneumon wasps). Includes a number of summarizing tables as well as case studies of particular species.

Essays and life history observations.