Grzegorz Lesniewski / Herd of Carpathian Pony / Hucul (Equus caballus) in snow. Bieszczady National Park, the Carpathians, Poland, March.

LYNN M. STONE / Yellow Labrador Retriever standing on rocky shelf by sea, Monterey Peninsula, California, USA

TJ Rich / African Lion (Panthera leo) porfile portrait Samburu NP, Kenya

John Downer Productions / Asian openbill stork {Anastomus oscitans} head porfile portrait, Thailand

Kim Taylor / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) queen approaching nest. Surrey, England, May

Chris Mattison / Common wasp (Vespa vulgaris) caught in a Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), cultivated, occurs in North America

Daniel Heuclin / Male Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) France, November 2011

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen Hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on Knotweed flower (Persicaria bistorta "superba") in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.

Ernie Janes / Close up of tail sting of Hornet (Vespa crabro) UK

Kim Taylor / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers feeding on Cotoneaster sap from a wound that they have created by chewing away the bark. Surrey, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / European hornet (Vespa crabro) head close up showing the three ocelli between the two compound eyes.

Stephen Dalton / Common wasp (Vespa vulgaris) flying towards ripe fruit, UK

Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker flying with middle and hind legs extended ready to attack and sting an intruder threatening the nest, Surrey, England

Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker flying with middle and hind legs extended ready to attack and sting an intruder threatening the nest, Surrey, England

Kim Taylor / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) head of queen showing eyes and ocelli. Surrey, UK

Kim Taylor / Male Hornet {Vespa crabro} flying to over ripe apple, Dorset, England.