Mary Bates, PhD

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Social Isolation Destroys Wasps' Ability to Learn Faces

P. fuscatus faces. Elizabeth Tibbetts.

The golden paper wasp has the unique and specialized ability to recognize the individual faces of other wasps. But without social experience, this ability is decimated.

Read more at my Animal Minds blog: Social Isolation Destroys Wasps' Ability to Learn Faces.