Premaphotos / Communal sphecid wasp (Trigonopsis sp) adding a pellet of mud to the outside of its communal nest on a tree in Amazonian rainforest, Brazil

Premaphotos / Spider-hunting wasp (Pompilidae) female hauling a paralysed Orb web spider back to her nest, in rainforest, Brazil

Premaphotos / Communal sphecid wasp (Trigonopsis sp) with a stung cricket in it jaws which is about to be placed in the mud nest-cell, in Amazonian rainforest, Brazil

Premaphotos / Mud-dauber wasp (Sceliphron fistularium) taking an Araneid spider into her nest, Amazonian rainforest, Brazil

Premaphotos / Cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) female dragging Cicada prey (Tibicen similaris) back to her burrow, South Carolina, USA.

Premaphotos / Hunting wasp (Prionyx sp) female dragging a large grasshopper into her nest in sandy ground, Georgia, USA

Premaphotos / Cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) male sitting at a favourite vantage point as he waits for passing females, South Carolina, USA

Premaphotos / Cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) female digging her burrow in which she will deposit Cicada prey, South Carolina, USA.