# 1751: "The Wasps That Know Your Face"

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Published: 2026-08-21T07:00:44+00:00
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Interesting Things with JC #1751: "The Wasps That Know Your Face" – Northern paper wasps recognize individual nestmates by their faces. Change a familiar face, and the colony responds with aggression until it learns who that face belongs to.

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