Ph. D. in Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S. in Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B. S. in Zoology, Arizona State University
Patents
Jeanne, R. L., D. C. Post and M. A. Mohamed. 1985. Ant Repellent. Rights controlled by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin.
Publications
Page, R. E., D. C. Post and R. A. Metcalf. 1989. Satellite nests, early males, and plasticity of reproductive behavior in a paper wasp. Amer. Nat. 134:731-748.
Jeanne, R. L., H. A. Downing and D. C. Post. 1988. Age polyethism and individual variation in Polybia occidentalis, an advanced eusocial wasp. Pp. 323-357 in R. L. Jeanne (ed.), Interindividual Behavioral Variability in Social Insects. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.
Post, D. C., R. L. Jeanne and E. H. Erickson. 1988. Variation in behavior among workers of the primitively social wasp Polistes fuscatus variatus. Pp. 283-321 in R. L. Jeanne (ed.), Interindividual Behavioral Variability in Social Insects. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.
Post. D. C., R. E. Page and E. H. Erickson. 1987. Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) queen feces: source of a pheromone that repels worker bees. J. Chem. Ecol. 13:583-591.
Downing, H. A., D. C. Post and R. L. Jeanne. 1985. Morphology of sternal glands in male polistine wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insectes Soc. 32:186-197.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1985. Sex pheromone in Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): effect of age, caste and mating. Insectes Soc. 32:70-77.
Post, D. C., M. A. Mohamed, H. C. Coppel and R. L. Jeanne. 1984. Identification of an ant repellent allomone produced by the social wasp Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 10:1799-1807.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1984. Recognition of conspecifics and sex by territorial males of the social wasp Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Behaviour 91:78-92.
Post, D. C., H. A. Downing and R. L. Jeanne. 1984. Alarm response to venom by the social wasps Polistes exclamans and P. fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 10:1425-1433.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1984. Venom as an interspecific sex pheromone, and species recognition by a cuticular pheromone in paper wasps (Polistes, Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Physiol. Entomol. 9:65-75.
Post, D. C. 1984. The Reproductive Biology of Male Polistine Wasps (Polistes, Mischocyttarus, Hymenoptera: Vespidae), with Emphasis on Polistes fuscatus. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1983. Relatedness and mate selection in Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Anim. Behav. 31:1260-1261.
Jeanne, R. L., H. A. Downing and D. C. Post. 1983. Morphology and function of sternal glands in polistine wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zoomorphology 103:157-164.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1983. Male reproductive behavior of the social wasp Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Z. Tierpsychol. 62:157-171.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1983. Sternal glands in males of six species of Polistes (Fuscopolistes) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 56:32-39.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1983. Venom: source of a sex pheromone in the social wasp Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 9:259-266.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1982. Recognition of former nestmates during colony founding by the social wasp Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 11:283-285.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1982. Rate of exploitation of arboreal baits by ants in an old-field habitat in Wisconsin. Amer. Midl. Natur. 108:88-95.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1982. The release of sexual behavior in males of Polistes fuscatus (Abstract). In: M. D. Breed, C. D. Michener and H. E. Evans (eds.), The biology of social insects. Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, p. 399.
Jeanne, R. L. and D. C. Post. 1982. Richards? gland and associated cuticular modifications in social wasps of the genus Polybia Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae: Polybiini). Insectes Soc. 29:280-194.
Faustini, D. L., D. C. Post and W. E. Burkholder. 1982. Histology of aggregation pheromone gland in the red flour beetle. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 75:187-190.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1982. Sternal glands in three species of male social wasps of the genus Mischocyttarus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 90:8-15.
Post, D. C. 1981. Observations on female nesting and male behavior of Stictia signata (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Brazil. Rev. Biol. Trop. 29:105-113.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1981. Colony defense against ants by Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Wisconsin. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 54:599-615.
Post, D. C. and R. L. Jeanne. 1980. Morphology of the sternal glands of Polistes fuscatus and P. canadensis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche 87:49-58.
Post, D. C. 1980. Observations on male behavior of the eastern yellowjacket, Vespula maculifrons (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Ent. News 91:113-116.
Post, D. C. 1980. Chemical Defense in the Temperate Social Wasp, Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera; Vespidae). M.S. Thesis. University of Wisconsin, Madison.
