A new model for caste development in social wasps

Figures & data

Figure 1 Model for the interaction of vibrational signaling and nutrition in caste biasing in Polistes. (A) Hypothesized changes in the temporal pattern of vibration and levels of nutrition received per larva per hour across the colony cycle.32 (B) Correlated changes in the development time, body size and caste of emerging adults across the colony cycle.21,24 See text for explanation.

Figure 2 Cladogram of the eusocial groups of vespid wasps. VS?, occurrence or not of vibrational signals performed by adults in association with feeding the larvae. MC?, occurrence or not of morphological differences between queen and worker. Taxa shown in black are independent-founding wasps; those shown in red are swarm founders. Cladogram based on several authors.38–40

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