The Sumner Lab

Insect Research Group, University College London

  • Our Group
    • The Sumner Lab
    • Seirian Sumner
    • Cintia Akemi Oi
    • Christopher Wyatt
    • Benjamin Taylor
    • Alex Cerqueira de Araujo
    • Fernando Duarte Frutos
    • Iona Cunningham-Eurich
    • Romuald Tcheutchoua
    • Idris Adams
    • Femi E Benny
    • Caroline Chandler
    • Left The Nest
      • Owen Corbett
      • Lewis Revely
      • Emeline Favreau
      • Alessandro Cini
      • Robin Southon
      • Adam Devenish
      • Sandra Moreno
      • Daisy Taylor
      • Emily Bell
      • Sam Duckerin
      • Patrick Kennedy
  • Our Research
    • Themes
      • Evolution
      • Genomics and Bioinformatics
      • Mechanisms and Development
      • Ecology and Human interactions
    • Lab Publications
    • Student Projects
    • The Big Wasp Survey
    • Eco-Flow
    • Wasp Genomes
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  • Sophie Staples. Assessing the impact of land-use on fluctuating asymmetry and body size in the common yellow jacket wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

    UCL Student Sophie Staples on her MSci Research Project with the Sumner Lab  Using samples collected as part of the Big Wasp Survey, Sophie is exploring the effects of land-use on development of the common yellow-jacket wasp. Vespula vulgaris

    Student Projects
    29 January 2026
  • Dylan John: Evolution of nesting and prey-use traits in vespid wasps

    UCL Student Dylan John on his MSci Research Project with the Sumner Lab  Left: Heath Potter Wasp – Eumenes coarctatus – Dorset, 2021. A solitary potter wasp who provisions her nest with dozens of small caterpillars. Right: MSci student Dylan John, UCL. The wasp family Vespidae includes the famous yellow jackets that build their large…

    Student Projects
    29 January 2026
  • Sreya Magar: Evolution of Prey Selection and Life History Traits in Sphecidae Wasps 

    UCL Msc Student Sreya Magar on her MSc Research Project with the Sumner Lab 

    Student Projects
    23 January 2025
  • Tiffene Larose: Trait Analysis, Motion Tracking and Spatial Use in Polistes Wasps

    UCL BSc student Tiffene Larose on her summer internship and final year project with the Sumner Lab

    Student Projects
    19 September 2024
  • Kendra Edwards: Global Social Wasp Distributions

    UCL MSc student Kendra Edwards on her MSc Research Project with the Sumner Lab

    Student Projects
    14 July 2023
  • Lucy Weatherley: Signal Detection Theory and Prey Specialisms in Wasps

    MSci student Lucy Weatherley on her undergraduate literature review and current MSci research project with the Sumner Lab

    Student Projects
    1 March 2023
  • Zann Teo Jiexin: Population Differentiation of Ammophila Wasps

    Visiting undergraduate student researcher Zann Teo Jiexin from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, on her Honours thesis placement with the Sumner Lab

    Student Projects
    9 February 2023
  • David Blahout: Provisioning Strategies in Sand Wasps and Wasp Pollination Syndromes

    MSci student David Blahout on his undergraduate research placement and current MSci research project with the Sumner Lab

    Student Projects
    10 November 2022

RECENT Publications

2025 Devenish, A.J.M., Newton, R.J., Midgley, J.J., Colville, L., Bridle, J., Sumner, S. 2025. Mutualistic interactions facilitate invasive species spread. Functional Ecology, 39 (1), 254-267. Corbett O., Dreier S, Lengronne T, Patalano S, Reuter M, and Sumner S.  Compensation of labour by non-competing workers mitigates costs of aggression-based queen succession in the social wasp, Polistes […]

Full publication list here

rECENT POSTS

  • Louisa Stefani: Does increased awareness and understanding of wasps change public perceptions of their importance and utility?

    29 January 2026
  • Hoi Lam Daisy Choi: Investigating the Evolutionary Patterns of Diets and Predatory Wasps

    29 January 2026
  • Sophie Staples. Assessing the impact of land-use on fluctuating asymmetry and body size in the common yellow jacket wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

    29 January 2026

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