Pete Oxford / Paper Wasps swarming in threat display on their nest, Ecuador, Amazon rainforest

Morley Read / Eusoical wasps (Polybia) swarming from the entrance of their nest hanging under a leaf, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Eusocial wasps (Polybia) at the entrance of their nest hanging under a leaf, Napo Province, the Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Eusocial wasps (Polybia) swarming from the entrance of their nest hanging under a leaf, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

John Abbott / Polistes sp. (Paper Wasp) in flight, captured using high speed flashes Travis County, Texas, USA. Controlled conditions. March

Pete Oxford / Wasp (Polybia sp) nest in rainforest, Ecuador

Suzi Eszterhas / Wasp (Polybia sp) group on nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Wasp (Polybia sp) constructing nest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Opened Polybia Paper Wasp Nest showing internal structure. Cocaya River, Eastern Amazon Rain Forest, the border of Peru and Ecuador.

Murray Cooper / Wasp (Polybia sp) group starting to build a nest, Amazon, Ecuador

Christian Ziegler / Wasp (Polybia sp) capturing an embrionic Red-eyed Tree Frog by cutting open the ball encasing the developing embryo, Soberania National Park, Panama

PREMAPHOTOS / Wasp nest with drip tips to channel rain, tropical dry forest. Costa Rica {Polybia occidentalis bohemani}