image: Polistes fuscatus paper wasps individually recognize their female nestmates by their unique facial patterns. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 2, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.J. Sheehan and E.A. Tibbetts at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., was titled, “Specialized Face Learning Is Associated with Individual Recognition in Paper Wasps.” view more
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