Smithsonian Channel | How Paper Wasps ‘Tap’ to Select the Identity of their Larvae 🪰 Into The Wild New Zealand @SmithsonianChannel | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 2 hours ago
Paper wasps have the remarkable ability to choose if a larva grows up to be a worker or a ‘gyne’–a primary reproductive female. They do this by drumming on the walls of the cell where the larva is incubating.
From: Into the Wild New Zealand
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Paper wasps have the remarkable ability to choose if a larva grows up to be a worker or a ‘gyne’–a primary reproductive female. They do this by drumming on the walls of the cell where the larva is incubating.
From: Into the Wild New Zealand
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