Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis) the wasp has just finished sealing her burrow entrance that she does every time she goes hunting, Cornwall, England, UK, June
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Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis) wasp shown returning to her burrow with paralysed fly impaled on her sting a characteristic of this species, Cornwall, England, UK, June
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Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis) wasp shown returning to her burrow with paralysed fly impaled on her sting a characteristic of this species, Cornwall, England, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Sand-loving wasp / Square-headed wasp (Tachytes panzeri / Tachytes europaeus) resting on beach pebble, Samos, Greece, August.
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Nick Upton / Sand-loving / Square-headed wasp (Tachytes panzeri / Tachytes europaeus) taking moisture from sand, Samos, Greece, August.
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Nick Upton / Square-headed wasp (Crossocerus cetratus) a fly-hunting crabronid wasp with flattened front legs, emerging from its nest in an insect hotel, Wiltshire, UK. July.
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Andy Sands / Common spiny-digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis), female, dragging paralysed fly impaled on its sting back to burrow. Cornwall, England, UK. July
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Rod Williams / Digger wasp (Ectemnius lapidarius) female feeding on flower. Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. September.