Dave Bevan / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) adding material to nest, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Ingo Arndt / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) detail of nest surface, Hessen, Germany, April.
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John Abbott / Paper wasp (Polistes metricus) flying from flower, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Controlled conditions. September
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Alex Hyde / Common Wasps (Vespula vulgaris) feeding on a pot of jam, photographed against a white background. Derbyshire, UK. September.
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Alex Hyde / Social Wasp colony {Hymenoptera} photographed against white background. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Wasps on nest, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009
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Pete Oxford / Paper Wasps swarming in threat display on their nest, Ecuador, Amazon rainforest
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Chris Mattison / Green wasp (Ropalidia sp), two, one guarding nest. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.
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Chris Mattison / Green wasp (Ropalidia sp), two, one guarding nest. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.
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Heather Angel / Hornet raiding Wasp brood on nest attached to bamboo stem. Wasps moving to top of nest. Shunan Zhuhai National Park, Sichuan Province, China.
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Nick Upton / European wasps (Vespula germanica) entering and leaving an underground nest, with one removing an injured grub, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / European wasps (Vespula germanica) entering and leaving an underground nest, with some removing balls of soil, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.