David Element

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___________ Hymenoptera 18 - Social Wasps 2

                         SAXON WASP Dolichovespula saxonica (m)

                                 COMMON WASP Vespula vulgaris

                                       HORNET Vespa crabro

                                       HORNET Vespa crabro

                                       HORNET Vespa crabro

• The substantial antennae of the male Saxon Wasp and Hornet are clearly visible in the first and fourth pictures. A Common Wasp has captured a small jumping spider in the second photograph. Social wasps are sometimes caught in the webs of Garden Spiders Araneus diadematus (although they often escape) so there was probably some payback involved. The remaining images are of the Hornet, comfortably the largest and most impressive of the British species. The prey item in the final picture was a Honey Bee, ruthlessly ambushed whilst feeding on Ivy Hedera helix flowers.

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