Chris Mattison / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) feeding on bread and jam. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March.

Philippe Clement / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) feeding on jam inside a jar, Belgium, August.

Philippe Clement / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) feeding on jam inside a jar, Belgium, August.

Dave Bevan / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) adding material to nest, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, July.

Robert Thompson / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) flying to fuchsia flower, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Ingo Arndt / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) detail of nest surface, Hessen, Germany, April.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), Maine-et-Loire, France, November. meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Common Wasps (Vespula vulgaris) feeding on a pot of jam, photographed against a white background. Derbyshire, UK. September.

Chris Mattison / Common wasp (Vespa vulgaris) caught in a Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), cultivated, occurs in North America

Stephen Dalton / Common wasp (Vespa vulgaris) flying towards ripe fruit, UK

Chris Mattison / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) on white background. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March.

Nick Upton / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) nectaring on Ivy flowers, Wiltshire garden, UK, September.