Mauling

Mauling

Als Mauling werden die Rangordnungskämpfe zwischen den Arbeiterinnen eines Hornissen- oder Wespenvolkes bezeichnet, bei dem eine Hierarchie aufgebaut wird, ähnlich der Hackordnung bei Hühnern. Der Begriff entstammt der englischsprachigen Fachliteratur; to maul bedeutet „übel zurichten“, „misshandeln“.

Beim Mauling beknabbern sich die kämpfenden Tiere gegenseitig heftig. Die rangniedrigere Arbeiterin signalisiert dabei stets ihre „Unterwürfigkeit“. Das Mauling ist eine spezialisierte Form des Kommentkampfes.

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