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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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iNaturalist - Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)

#polistes #paperwasp #socialinsect #wasp #Hymenoptera #inaturalist

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fx dechaume-moncharmont · @fxdm
428 followers · 442 posts · Server mamot.fr
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The regulation of division of labour in social insects is poorly understood. One can still find, in many textbooks, old models about "age polyethism". Here is a nice experimental work in which the behaviour of workers were continuously tracked for 5 months. The transition between nurse to forager tasks is largely age independent.
📄 Richardson et al. (2021) Current Biology 0 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.

#ant #science #biology #socialinsect #hymenoptera #insect #animalbehaviour #socialnetwork

Last updated 5 years ago
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