Environmental Factors Influencing Foraging Activity in the Social Wasp <i>Polybia paulista</i> (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini)

<table>Number of foragers that arrived at the nest every 15 minutes in relation to season and temperature. There is a clear influence of temperature on foraging for both. Lines were estimated by linear mixed effect (LME) model, according to the equation: Number of wasps foraging = −29.98 + 28.79 × Season + 2.82 × Temperature + Random effect + Residual, where Random effect ~ <svg height="10.325" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 14.8375 10.325" width="14.8375" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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Figure 3: Environmental Factors Influencing Foraging Activity in the Social Wasp <i>Polybia paulista</i> (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini) 

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

Environmental Factors Influencing Foraging Activity in the Social Wasp Polybia paulista (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini)

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