Wasp mothers have remarkable memory when it comes to feeding their young

Wasp mums have remarkable memory for feeding their babies

Female digger wasps seem to have far superior memory for scheduling important tasks than I do. A new study has found that mother wasps can remember the locations of up to 9 of their nests at once and can feed their offspring in age order – picking the nest that contains their eldest in 81% of cases. The female wasps can even remember the offspring that started out with more food and delay feeding them. This intricate scheduling reduces the chanc…

Wasp mums use remarkable memory when feeding offspring

Wasp mothers have stunning brainpower when it comes to feeding their young, new research shows.

Wasp mothers use remarkable memory when feeding offspring, according to study

Digger wasps make a short burrow for each egg, stocking it with food and returning a few days later to provide more.Wasp mothers have stunning brainpower wh ...

Wasp mothers have remarkable memory when it comes to feeding their young

Digger wasps make a short burrow for each egg, stocking it with food and returning a few days later to provide more. A new study reveals that mother wasps can remember the locations of up to nine separate nests at once, rarely making mistakes, despite the fact nests are dug in bare sand containing hundreds belonging to other females.

A surprising finding has left the scientists amazed, a wasp fossilized in amber, almost 99 million years old, reveals a method of hunting completely unique in its species. The fossil, found in Myanmar, belongs to an extinct species called Sirenobethylus charybdis and has put in check previous ideas about the strategies of parasitism in insects. What makes this wasp special is its way of hunting It is a species of natural trap in its abdomen, for…

New research reveals that digger wasps living in the wild display a bizarrely good memory while caring for their offspring. How their tiny brains manage to do this is a mystery. Researchers reach this unsatisfactory conclusion in the journal Current Biology after observing female digger wasps in the wild. When […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .