Heather Angel / Wasp (Vespula germanica) nectaring on Pineapple lily (Eucomis comosa). Pollen is deposited on underside of wasp's hairy body and transferred to stigma of next flower visited. Lily cultivated in ga...
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Heather Angel / Hornet (Vespa crabro) nectaring on Ivy (Hedera helix), pollen transferred to hairy legs and hairs on underside of head, thorax and abdomen. In woodland, Surrey, England, UK. October.
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Nick Upton / Hairy flower wasp (Colpa sexmaculata) female sunning on bare earth, Algarve, Portugal, August 2013.
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Nick Upton / Hairy flower wasp (Colpa hirta) feeding on Spearmint fowers (Mentha spicata), Kilada, Greece, August.
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MYN / Pierre Escoubas / Hairy flower wasp (Scolia hirta) Valbonne, France, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project.
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Nick Upton / Hairy flower wasp (Colpa quinquecincta) feeding on Rock samphire / Sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum) Samos, Greece, August.
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Nick Upton / Mammoth / Giant solitary wasp (Megascolia maculata maculata) female feeding from Milk thistle (Silybum / Carduus marianum) flower, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, June.
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Nick Upton / Hairy Flower Wasp (Colpa sexmaculata) female on blue flowers. Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, August.
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Nick Upton / Hairy Flower Wasp (Colpa sexmaculata) female on blue flowers. Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, August.
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Jiri Lochman / Hairy flower wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis) female covered in pollen, resting on a plant, Dryandra Forest, Wheatbelt Region, Western Australia.
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Jiri Lochman / Hairy flower wasp (Pseudotrielis zonata) female, sleeping on a leaf in rainforest, Cape Tribulation National Park, north-eastern Queensland, Australia.
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Jiri Lochman / Hairy flower wasp (Pseudotrielis sp.) male, burrowing in soil, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, South West Region, Western Australia.
