Female Poliste fuscatus paper wasps have unique faces that are used for individual recognition. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 2, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS.

For example, a study was done on Trogus lapidator, a wasp that preys on swallowtail butterflies in the Norfolk fens. The above image shows a pupa of a swallowtail butterfly. The beautiful butterfly ...

Science: Achrène Dyrek (CEA and Université Paris Cité, France), Michiel Min (SRON, the Netherlands), Leen Decin (KU Leuven, Belgium) / European MIRI EXO GTO team / ESA / NASA This image may ...