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From: The role of juvenile hormone in dominance behavior, reproduction and cuticular pheromone signaling in the caste-flexible epiponine wasp, Synoeca surinama

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Nests of Synoeca surinama. (A) Worker performing the `queen-dance’ and the queen responding with a pronounced bending display. (B) Aggressive defense response in a three compartment nest. The hole in the side was an observation window, and the opening on the bottom was incidental, leading to the emergence of colony defenders. (C) A single compartment nest with the envelope removed. Most nests were studied this way. (D) A massive 6 or 7 compartment nest discovered in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Nest expansion proceeds upwards (yellow arrow). Red arrows indicate nest entrance/exit in B-D.

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