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Multi-foundress association - Polistes fuscatus
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Multi-foundress association - Polistes fuscatus
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 19, 2009
A so called multi-foundress association. There are at least four founders

It is apparently quite common for these associations to start multiple embryo nests in the beginning. You can see here they have started two separate nests only a few centimeters away from each other, and eventually they will combine into one as the grow

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Contributed by Vespula vulgaris on 27 April, 2009 - 6:38pm

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