Naomi SaphraAug 12, 2023
what are these wasps doing??? There's 3 and one of them is huge (different species?)
Show threadsamAug 12, 2023
@nsaphra 👉👌
Show threadNaomi SaphraAug 12, 2023
@yiddouche a cross-species wasp threesome though? filthy little wasps
Show threadNaomi SaphraAug 12, 2023
@yiddouche ok @adrake says one is a queen so it is in fact a wasp mfm encounter
Show threadsamAug 12, 2023
@nsaphra @adrake famously the hottest configuration of hymenoptera
Show threadNaomi SaphraAug 13, 2023
@yiddouche @adrake STOP THE PRESSES. I just showed it to July and they said!!!!!!!! Those wasps aren't mating. THEY ARE STAGING A COUP AGAINST THE QUEEN
Show threadNaomi SaphraAug 13, 2023
@yiddouche @adrake Those wasps are actually not even male! They're workers in an uprising!!!!! https://www.livescience.com/52669-why-worker-wasps-kill-queens.html
Revolt in the Hive: Why Worker Wasps Sometimes Kill Their Queens

Workers in wasp nests sometimes kill their queens, even though these egg-laying wasps are also their mothers. Now, researchers think they might know why such murders take place.

Live Science
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@nsaphra @adrake oh woah and the reasons are totally different from the same behaviour in bees afaik, which I thought was due to erratic egg laying patterns
Aug 13, 2023 at 6:55amWeb