Ontogenic Caste Differences in the Van der Vecht Organ of Primitively Eusocial Neotropical Paper Wasps. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Recent studies have reported incipient morphological caste dimorphism in the Van der Vecht organ size of some temperate Polistes paper wasps. Whether species other than the temperate ones show a similar pattern remains elusive. Here, we have studied some
André Rodrigues de Souza +5 more
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Individual recognition is associated with holistic face processing in Polistes paper wasps in a species-specific way. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2021 International audienceMost recognition is based on identifying features, but specialization for face recognition in primates relies on a different mechanism, termed ‘holistic processing’ where facial features are bound together into a gestalt which is ...
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Chemically Insignificant Social Parasites Exhibit More Anti-Dehydration Behaviors than Their Hosts
Insects, 2021 Social parasites have evolved adaptations to overcome host resistance as they infiltrate host colonies and establish there. Among the chemical adaptations, a few species are chemically “insignificant”; they are poor in recognition cues (cuticular ...
Maria Cristina Lorenzi
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Nesting of the keyhole wasp Pachodynerus nasidens (Latreille, 1812) (Vespidae, Eumeninae) in a nest of a paper wasp (Vespidae, Polistinae) [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022 Potter wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) adopt different substrates for nesting, including other wasp nests. Nevertheless, such behavior rarely occurs with abandoned nests of the paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae).
Gabriel de Castro Jacques +4 more
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Heritable variation in colour patterns mediating individual recognition [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Understanding the developmental and evolutionary processes that generate and maintain variation in natural populations remains a major challenge for modern biology.
Michael J. Sheehan +2 more
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AN INVESTIGATION OF CHEMICAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR POLISTES PAPER WASPS [PDF]
, 2021 In areas with large paper wasp populations, species of Polistes can disrupt human activities such as outdoor recreation, forestry operations, and agricultural work.
Asche, Megan
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Abilities of honey bees Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 and paper wasps Vespula spp. (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Vespidae) to situational learning [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2015 In field experiments, an insect was trained to choose one of two visually different figures – A or B – in reference to situation (“situational learning”).
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Molecules, 2022 Specific Venom Immunotherapy (VIT) is practiced with venom extracted from insects, and is the specific therapy used for patients highly allergic to social insect (Hymenoptera) stings.
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Sociobiology, 2020 Refurbishing the old nest in order to prepare it for a new breeding season cycle has already been observed in few species of paper wasps. When future foundresses emerge from hibernacula they have choose between building a new nest or reusing an old one ...
Piotr Łączyński
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, 2020 Nests of independent-founding primitively eusocial paper wasps are founded by one or a few females. Before worker emergence, foundresses must forage, sometimes leaving the nest unattended. Chemical defence - the application of ant repellent secretions of
Camila Folly Baptista +19 more
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