The first stinging

3/3/2015

Polybia rejecta, in "Die Nester Der Geselligen Wespen" by Moebius, K. 1856 In Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften. On Flickr thanks to Sean McCann (http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadmike/6070533377/)

Today, whilst out searching for suitable field sites, I was unceremoniously attacked by Polybia rejecta - a different wasp species to the targets (victims? leading ladies? heroines?) of my PhD. That takes my PhD sting count from nought to six in one fell swoop. Ouch.

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Mary

3/14/2015 04:58:11 pm

Oh Patrick, OUCH!!! that sounds painful! looking forward to being a part of your adventures. You continue to amaze me. Enjoy much love, mary x

Patrick

3/15/2015 10:38:17 am

Thanks Mary! Haha, you continue to amaze me! - such a globe-trotting family! Hope all is well out in Oz. P. x

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Hi! I'm Patrick - an early-career postdoc in behavioural ecology. I completed my PhD in 2019, focused on Polistes paper wasps in South and Central America. I'm currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and Simons Society Junior Fellow in the Rubenstein Lab at Columbia University (New York) and the Radford Lab at the University of Bristol (UK), looking at the social behaviour and evolution of Africa's incredible wasps! I'm always keen to get involved in outreach to spread the word about these amazing animals.

Patrick Kennedy, University of Bristol

The first stinging

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