Andy Sands / German wasp (Vespula germanica) worker carrying rubbish, flying out of nest in air brick, Hertfordshire, England, UK. July
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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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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.
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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.
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Nick Upton / European wasps (Vespula germanica) entering and leaving an underground nest, 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.
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Kim Taylor / German wasp (Vespula germanica) queen scraping wood pulp with her jaws. Surrey, England, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / German / European wasp (Vespula germanica) worker excavating a nest cavity, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / German / European wasp (Vespula germanica) worker carrying some small sticks while excavating a nest cavity to deposit them outside as two other workers defend the nest entrance, chalk grassland meado...
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Nick Upton / German / European wasp (Vespula germanica) worker excavating a nest cavity and carrying a ball of soil while to deposit it outside, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / German / European wasp (Vespula germanica) queen grooming its head as it suns on a garden hedge, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Alex Hyde / A German Wasp (Vespula germanica) compared to five Batesian mimics. None of the five wasp mimics can sting, but by appearing similar to a wasp, are avoided by many potential predators. All five mimics...
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Jose B. Ruiz / German yellow jacket wasp {Polistes germanica} on rock, drinking from pond, Plá de Xirau, Alicante, Spain
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) worker scraping wood for its nest from the wooden roof of an insect hotel, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) worker scraping wood for its nest from the wooden roof of an insect hotel, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) nest surface built from layers of chewed wood fibres. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) inside nest, horizontal combs separated by vertical petioles. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) emerging from brood cell sealed with silk, inside wasp nest. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica), newly laid eggs inside nest. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) nest interior with developing larvae, some brood cells sealed with silk prior to pupation. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) nest interior with developing larvae, some brood cells sealed with silk prior to pupation. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Ingo Arndt / German wasp (Vespula germanica) stealing honey from an opened cell as a Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony attacked another and opened the cells, Germany.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) being attacked by German wasp (Vespula germanica) near nest entrance, Germany.
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Nigel Cattlin / German wasp (Vespula germanica) feeding on nectar from fennel flowers, Berkshire, England, UK, August