Homing abilities of the tropical primitively eusocial paper wasp Ropalidia marginata
Souvik Mandal and Raghavendra Gadagkar.

Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.

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Nests / Regions / NORTH / EAST / SOUTH / WEST / TOTAL / No. of unique
Releases / Returns / HS / Releases / Returns / HS / Releases / Returns / HS / Releases / Returns / HS / Releases / Returns / HS / wasps released
N3 / R1 / 7 / 7 / 1 / 8 / 8 / 1 / 10 / 10 / 1 / 15 / 15 / 1 / 40 / 40 / 1 / 23
R2 / 27 / 20 / 0.74 / 17 / 9 / 0.53 / 23 / 20 / 0.87 / 17 / 15 / 0.88 / 84 / 64 / 0.76 / 45
R3 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0
R1+R2 / 34 / 27 / 0.79 / 25 / 17 / 0.68 / 33 / 30 / 0.91 / 32 / 30 / 0.94 / 124 / 104 / 0.84 / 68
Total / 38 / 27 / 33 / 17 / 37 / 30 / 36 / 30 / 144 / 104 / 68
N4 / R1 / 7 / 7 / 1 / 6 / 6 / 1 / 9 / 9 / 1 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 27 / 27 / 1 / 9
R2 / 17 / 14 / 0.82 / 17 / 12 / 0.71 / 14 / 11 / 0.79 / 17 / 13 / 0.76 / 65 / 50 / 0.77 / 27
R3 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 13
R1+R2 / 24 / 21 / 0.88 / 23 / 18 / 0.78 / 23 / 20 / 0.87 / 22 / 18 / 0.82 / 92 / 77 / 0.84 / 36
Total / 28 / 21 / 27 / 18 / 27 / 20 / 26 / 18 / 108 / 77 / 49
N5 / R1 / 3 / 3 / 1 / 10 / 10 / 1 / 4 / 4 / 1 / 4 / 4 / 1 / 21 / 21 / 1 / 15
R2 / 24 / 17 / 0.71 / 18 / 13 / 0.72 / 22 / 20 / 0.91 / 20 / 15 / 0.75 / 84 / 65 / 0.77 / 41
R3 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 14
R1+R2 / 27 / 20 / 0.74 / 28 / 23 / 0.82 / 26 / 24 / 0.92 / 24 / 19 / 0.79 / 105 / 86 / 0.82 / 56
Total / 29 / 20 / 32 / 23 / 30 / 24 / 28 / 19 / 119 / 86 / 70
N6 / R1 / 6 / 6 / 1 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 9 / 9 / 1 / 6 / 6 / 1 / 26 / 26 / 1 / 9
R2 / 24 / 12 / 0.5 / 17 / 11 / 0.65 / 20 / 17 / 0.85 / 22 / 17 / 0.77 / 83 / 57 / 0.69 / 48
R3 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 5
R1+R2 / 30 / 18 / 0.6 / 22 / 16 / 0.73 / 29 / 26 / 0.9 / 28 / 23 / 0.82 / 109 / 83 / 0.76 / 57
Total / 34 / 18 / 26 / 16 / 33 / 26 / 32 / 23 / 125 / 83 / 62
All / R1 / 23 / 23 / 1 / 29 / 29 / 1 / 32 / 32 / 1 / 30 / 30 / 1 / 114 / 114 / 1 / 56
Nests / R2 / 92 / 63 / 0.68 / 69 / 45 / 0.65 / 79 / 68 / 0.86 / 76 / 60 / 0.79 / 316 / 236 / 0.75 / 161
R3 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 66 / 0 / 0 / 32
R1+R2 / 115 / 86 / 0.75 / 98 / 74 / 0.76 / 111 / 100 / 0.9 / 106 / 90 / 0.85 / 430 / 350 / 0.81 / 217
Total / 129 / 86 / 118 / 74 / 127 / 100 / 122 / 90 / 496 / 350 / 249

Supplementary table S1: Summary of the releases and number of unique forager wasps released from four nests. Abbreviations; R1 = Region inside minimal homing area, R2 = Region outside of minimal homing area but inside of maximal homing area, R3 = Region outside of maximal homing area, HS = Homing Success.