Tag Archive for 'Polistes'

The northern paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus). Image credit: Judy Gallagher / CC BY 2.0.

Scientists Trace Evolution of Visual Individual Recognition in Paper Wasps

Jan 28, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers has sequenced and analyzed the genomes of Polistes fuscatus, a species of paper wasp that has uniquely evolved visual individual...

The European paper wasp (Polistes dominula). Image credit: Adrian Benko / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Paper Wasps are Capable of Logical Thinking, Suggests New Study

May 9, 2019 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of Michigan has found evidence of transitive inference — a form of logical reasoning that involves using...

Swiss Paper Wasp: New Species Discovered in Europe

May 8, 2014 by News Staff

Entomologists from Switzerland led by Dr Rainer Neumeyer have described a new species of the wasp genus Polistes from Central Europe. The Swiss paper wasp,...