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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Swarm-Founding Wasp

Polybia paulista

About

A small dark social wasp that builds enclosed paper nests containing thousands of individuals. It is known for its aggressive colony defense.

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Did You Know?

Its venom contains a peptide called Polybia-MP1 that has shown the ability to selectively destroy cancer cells in laboratory studies.