Rod Williams / Digger wasp (Astata boops) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK. August.
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Andy Sands / Shield Bug Hunting Wasp (Astata boops) portrait showing long legs adapted for carrying paralysed shield bug nymphs, Surrey, England, UK. June
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Andy Sands / Shield bug hunting wasp (Astata boops) digger wasp dragging paralysed shield bug nymph to burrow, Surrey, England, UK. June
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Andy Sands / Shield bug hunting wasp (Astata boops) digger wasp pulling paralysed shield bug nymph into burrow, Surrey, England, UK. June
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Andy Sands / Shield bug hunting wasp (Astata boops)with paralysed shield bug nymph, Surrey, England, UK. June
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Andy Sands / Ruby tailed jewel / Cuckoo wasp (Hedychridium roseum) cleptoparasite in the nests of the Digger wasp (Astata boops) Surrey, England, UK. June
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Andy Sands / Shield Bug hunting wasp (Astata boops) on sandy heathland soil typical habitat for this digger wasp, Surrey, England, UK
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Nick Upton / Crabronid wasp (Astata cf. boops), a predator of shield bugs feeding on Rock samphire flowers (Crithmum maritimum) on a sandy beach, Algarve, Portugal, August 2013.
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Andy Sands / Shield Bug Hunting Wasp (Astata boops) about to enter burrow with shield bug nymph, food for her larvae. London, England, UK, June.
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Andy Sands / Shield Bug Hunting Wasp (Astata boops) dragging Shield bug prey back to its burrow, A small wasp that specialises in hunting 6th instar Sheild Bugs which it paralyses and takes back to its burrow wher...
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Andy Sands / Shield Bug Hunting Wasp (Astata boops) dragging Shield bug prey back to its burrow, A small wasp that specialises in hunting 6th instar Sheild Bugs which it paralyses and takes back to its burrow wher...
