Alex Hyde / A German Wasp (Vespula germanica) compared to five Batesian mimics. None of the five wasp mimics can sting, but by appearing similar to a wasp, are avoided by many potential predators. All five mimics...
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Jose B. Ruiz / German yellow jacket wasp {Polistes germanica} on rock, drinking from pond, Plá de Xirau, Alicante, Spain
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) worker scraping wood for its nest from the wooden roof of an insect hotel, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) worker scraping wood for its nest from the wooden roof of an insect hotel, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) nest surface built from layers of chewed wood fibres. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) inside nest, horizontal combs separated by vertical petioles. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) emerging from brood cell sealed with silk, inside wasp nest. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica), newly laid eggs inside nest. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) nest interior with developing larvae, some brood cells sealed with silk prior to pupation. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) nest interior with developing larvae, some brood cells sealed with silk prior to pupation. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Ingo Arndt / German wasp (Vespula germanica) stealing honey from an opened cell as a Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony attacked another and opened the cells, Germany.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) being attacked by German wasp (Vespula germanica) near nest entrance, Germany.
