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Females ofPolistes fuscatus possess a sex pheromone in the venom gland and sac. The pheromone attracts males from short distances and releases male copulatory behavior.
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Post, D.C., Jeanne, R.L. Venom Source of a sex pheromone in the social waspPolistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). J Chem Ecol 9, 259–266 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988043
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