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 ISSN 2594-9985

PREZOTO, Fábio; BARBOSA, Bruno Corrêa; CAPPAS, João Pedro    SANTOS, Manuel Eduardo dos. Water landing as a foraging strategy to water collection in a social wasp: Polistes dominulus. []. , 15, 2, pp.30-32. ISSN 2594-9985.

^len^aThis study describes the first case of water landing for water collection in the European paper wasp Polistes dominulus. Wasp workers land directly on the water surface and spend 10-15 s collecting water. By doing so, the workers may avoid predation by ground predators. However, not all workers land directly on the water surface, and we suggest that this specialized behavior is performed only by experienced foragers^lpt^aEste estudo descreve o comportamento de coleta de água da vespa social europeia Polistes dominulus. As vespas campeiras pousavam diretamente na superfície da água e gastam 10-15 s coletando água. Ao fazer isso, as vespas podem evitar a predação por predadores no solo. No entanto, nem todos os indivíduos pousam diretamente na superfície da água, e sugerimos que esse comportamento especializado seja realizado apenas por forrageiras experientes.

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