Wasp nest
Sep 09, 2018 • 6:57 AM UTC
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Puchina
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Often seen as pests, wasps have an important role in pollination (especially figs) and can be used for biocontrol. Social wasps make their paper-like nests out of broken down pieces of wood and other material. Here I have the images of a nest with plane and cross-polarized light.
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