PREMAPHOTOS / Small social wasps {Polybia occidentalis cinctus} from a swarm start to build A new nest under a Heliconia leaf. Trinidad
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Pete Oxford / Wasp (Polybia sp) nest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador
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Claudio Contreras / White-marked cushion wasp (Polybia plebeja) feeding on Mosquito flower (Lopezia racemosa). Milpa Alta forest, outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico. August.
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Morley Read / Wasp nest (Polybia sp.) hanging from a rainforest understory shrub in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. The wasps are in a defensive position outside the nest to repel an attack.