Nick Upton / Leafcutter / Rose-cutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) lands at its nest in a Bamboo tube in an insect hotel near several nests she has completed and some Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) nests, Wiltsh...
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Nick Upton / Recently completed Leafcutter / Rose-cutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) and Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) nests in Bamboo tubes in an insect hotel, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Rod Williams / European potter wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. August.
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Nick Upton / Insect hotel with drilled logs and bundles of bamboo stems, some with partially completed mud nests of Mason wasps wasps (Ancistrocerus sp), garden, Gloucestershire, UK, May.
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Andy Sands / Mason wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella) dormant in flower during cold weather conditions, Surrey, England, UK, June
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Andy Sands / Mason wasp (Ancistrocerus scoticus) female collecting mud to build nest, Cornwall, England, UK, September
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Pascal Pittorino / European potter wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix) in a garden, Toulon, Var, France, October
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Nick Upton / Mason wasp / Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) inspecting a nest hole in a drilled log within an insect hotel, Gloucestershire garden, UK, April.
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Pascal Pittorino / European potter wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella) on Wood sorrel flower (Oxalis articulata), Toulon, Var, Provence, France, October.
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Rod Williams / European Potter Wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella) Lewisham, London, August
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Nick Upton / Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) grooming itself on a leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Mason wasp / Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) flying towards nest hole in an insect hotel with a ball of mud in its jaws to seal a nest cell with, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Mason wasp / Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) sealing its nest hole in an insect hotel with a ball of mud held in its jaws, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Mason wasp / Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) sealing its nest hole in an insect hotel with a ball of mud held in its jaws, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Mason wasp / Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) collecting a ball of mud in its jaws to seal up its nest in an insect hotel, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Mason wasp / Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) female, at entrance to nest in an insect hotel with green caterpillar prey for its larvae to feed on, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Mason wasp / Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) female, at entrance to nest hole in an insect hotel with a small beetle grub for its larvae to feed on, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Mason wasp / Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) female, inspecting a nest hole in an insect hotel, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Mason wasp / Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) entering its nest hole in an insect hotel close to a Wood-carving leafcutter bee (Megachile ligniseca) entering a larger bamboo tube, Wiltshire garden, UK....
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Doug Wechsler / Bramble mason wasp (Ancistrocerus adiabatus) nectaring on Goldenrod (Solidago sp.) flower, Pennsylvania, USA. September.
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Alan Williams / Solitary wasp (Ancistrocerus nigricornis) gathering mud in garden for nest building, Cheshire, UK, May.
