This wasp seals its nest behind a wall of dead ants

Described in 2014, the bone-house wasp packs up to a dozen ant corpses into the outer chamber of its nest before sealing it shut. Researchers think the ants' lingering chemical scent confuses parasites hunting for wasp larvae: nests built this way were attacked far less often than neighbouring wasp nests.

— Michael Staab, Michael Ohl, Chao-Dong Zhu & Alexandra-Maria Klein, A Unique Nest-Protection Strategy in a New Species of Spider Wasp — PLOS ONE, 2014

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