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____ Hymenoptera 23 - Field Digger Wasps

                      FIELD DIGGER WASP Mellinus arvensis (f)

                      FIELD DIGGER WASP Mellinus arvensis (f)

                     FIELD DIGGER WASP Mellinus arvensis (f)

                      FIELD DIGGER WASP Mellinus arvensis (f)

                      FIELD DIGGER WASP Mellinus arvensis (f)

• Field Digger Wasps are fascinating creatures to watch as their hunting technique is highly sophisticated - and surprisingly successful as this female caught five flies during 50 minutes of observation. Four of these were taken within the first ten minutes and the final capture was influenced by the falling temperature and fading light. Flies are pursued on foot at great speed (this needs to be seen to be believed) and only if this ploy fails will they resort to the perhaps more obvious approach of flying after their prey! A fuller account of this behaviour will be appearing in a forthcoming BWARS newsletter.

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