Wasp Research #1 is a photograph by Pascal Goetgheluck/science Photo Library which was uploaded on September 30th, 2018.
Wasp Research #1
Wasp research. Numbered wasp building a nest with different coloured paper. Many wasps are social insects, and so form a colony containing numerous... more
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Wasp Research #1
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Pascal Goetgheluck/science Photo Library
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Photograph
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Wasp research. Numbered wasp building a nest with different coloured paper. Many wasps are social insects, and so form a colony containing numerous individuals that can display collective behaviour, like building complex nest structures. A wasp nest is made from chewed woody material. In this case, the researchers have provided a source material of different colours of paper, allowing them to track the stages of nest building. The nest is initially built by a queen wasp who lays eggs. The first few eggs develop into worker wasps who then finish building the nest and support the queen as she lays more eggs.
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September 30th, 2018
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