<i>Polistes fuscatus</i> (IMAGE)

University of Michigan

<i>Polistes fuscatus</i>

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Polistes fuscatus paper wasps have extremely variable facial patterns that they use to recognize each other as individuals. This montage displays some of the variation seen in female paper wasp faces in this species.

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Michael Sheehan

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