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00771311 Black and Yellow Mud Dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) flying over cactus, Everglades National Park, Florida© Stephen Dalton

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00640322 Black and Yellow Mud Dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) flying© Michael Durham

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00640319 Black and Yellow Mud Dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) photographed flying with a high-speed camera© Michael Durham

Cicada Killer Wasp (Sphecius speciosus) female flying, these solitary wasps paralyze cicadias with their sting which are then used as food to rear their young - Michael Durham

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00640317 Cicada Killer Wasp (Sphecius speciosus) female flying, these solitary wasps paralyze cicadias with their sting which are then used as food to rear their young© Michael Durham

Sand Wasp (Ammophila sp) carrying paralyzed caterpillar, on which she will lay her eggs in an underground burrow, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

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00585776 Sand Wasp (Ammophila sp) carrying paralyzed caterpillar, on which she will lay her eggs in an underground burrow, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique© Piotr Naskrecki

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00447489 Sand Wasp (Sphecidae) mud tubes, Kanuku Protected Area, Rupununi, Guyana© Pete Oxford

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00427897 Sand Wasp (Sphex habenus) male flying, Texas© Michael Durham

Sand Wasp (Sphecidae) female dragging paralyzed caterpillar to her borrow to feed her larvae, Modjadji Cycad Reserve, South Africa - Piotr Naskrecki

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00427246 Sand Wasp (Sphecidae) female dragging paralyzed caterpillar to her borrow to feed her larvae, Modjadji Cycad Reserve, South Africa© Piotr Naskrecki

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00420044 Sand Wasp (Sphecidae) bringing bush cricket prey into the nest, Peloponnese, Greece© Konrad Wothe

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00420043 Sand Wasp (Sphecidae) at nest, Peloponnese, Greece© Konrad Wothe

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00420042 Sand Wasp (Sphecidae) with bush cricket prey, Peloponnese, Greece© Konrad Wothe

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90674662 Threadwaisted Wasp (Ammophila sp) Stine Cove, Lake Isabella, near Porterville, Kern County, California, USA, June© John Abbott / NPL

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00550143 Sand Wasp (Bembix sp) digging tunnel, Vosges du Nord National Park, France© Michel Rauch/ Biosphoto

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00770099 Black and Yellow Mud Dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) wasp flying, Everglades, Florida© Stephen Dalton

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00574754 Horse Guard Wasp (Stictia signata), Argentina© Agustin Esmoris

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00569803 Marram Grass (Ammophila sp) in coastal sand dunes, Petten, Netherlands© Ronald van Wijk/ Buiten-beeld

Mottled bee fly (Thyridanthrax fenestratus) standing on bare sand near nest burrows of the Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) which its larvae parasitise, Dorset heathland, UK, May.

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90856138 Mottled bee fly (Thyridanthrax fenestratus) standing on bare sand near nest burrows of the Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) which its larvae parasitise, Dorset heathland, UK, May.©

Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying a small stick to place in the entrance to its nest burrow to exclude parasites while it hunts for more caterpillars to feed its larvae, Dorset heathland,...

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90856123 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying a small stick to place in the entrance to its nest burrow to exclude parasites while it hunts for more caterpillars to feed its larvae, Dorset heathland,...©

Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) positioning a small stick in the entrance to its nest burrow to exclude parasites while it hunts for more caterpillars to feed its larvae, Dorset heathland, UK, J...

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90856122 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) positioning a small stick in the entrance to its nest burrow to exclude parasites while it hunts for more caterpillars to feed its larvae, Dorset heathland, UK, J...©

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90856121 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) positioning a small stick in the entrance to its nest burrow to exclude parasites while it hunts for more caterpillars to feed its larvae, Dorset heathland, UK, J...©

Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) excavating a nest burrow in a bare sandy patch of heathland, carrying a ball of sand between its mandibles and its raised front legs, Dorset, UK, June.

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90856120 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) excavating a nest burrow in a bare sandy patch of heathland, carrying a ball of sand between its mandibles and its raised front legs, Dorset, UK, June.©

Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying a paralysed Beautiful yellow underwing moth (Anarta myrtilli) held in its jaws back to its burrow to feed its growing larva, Dorset heathland, UK, July.

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90856119 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying a paralysed Beautiful yellow underwing moth (Anarta myrtilli) held in its jaws back to its burrow to feed its growing larva, Dorset heathland, UK, July.©

Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying a paralysed caterpillar held in its jaws back to its burrow to feed its growing larva, Dorset heathland, UK, July.

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90856118 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying a paralysed caterpillar held in its jaws back to its burrow to feed its growing larva, Dorset heathland, UK, July.©

Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) pulling a paralysed caterpillar held in its jaws into its burrow to feed its growing larva, Dorset heathland, UK, June.

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90856117 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) pulling a paralysed caterpillar held in its jaws into its burrow to feed its growing larva, Dorset heathland, UK, June.©

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90856116 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying a paralysed caterpillar held in its jaws back to its burrow to feed its growing larva, Dorset heathland, UK, June.©

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90856115 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) excavating a nest burrow in a bare sandy patch of heathland, Dorset, UK, May.©

Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) feeding on Lesser hawkbit (Leontodon saxatilis) flowers among coastal sand dunes, Dorset heathland, UK, May.

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90856114 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) feeding on Lesser hawkbit (Leontodon saxatilis) flowers among coastal sand dunes, Dorset heathland, UK, May.©

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90856113 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) sunning on sand dunes in hot sunshine and raising its legs, Dorset heathland, UK, May.©

Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) moving a small stick it had placed to block the entrance to its burrow before dragging in a paralysed caterpillar to feed its growing larva, Dorset heathland, UK,...

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90856112 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) moving a small stick it had placed to block the entrance to its burrow before dragging in a paralysed caterpillar to feed its growing larva, Dorset heathland, UK,...©

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90843440 Red banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa), two on dead flowerhead. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. May.©

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90843439 Red banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa), two on dead flowerhead. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. May.©

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90843438 Red banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa), two on dead flowerhead. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. May.©

Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying a caterpillar it has paralysed to its nest as food for its larvae, Studland heath, Dorset, UK, July.

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90765793 Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying a caterpillar it has paralysed to its nest as food for its larvae, Studland heath, Dorset, UK, July.© Nick Upton

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90765780 Aphid wasp / sphecid wasp (Pemphredon sp) returning to nest burrow in the dead wood of oak tree base, Gloucestershire, UK, October.© Nick Upton

Sand Wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying paralysed caterpillar of Beautiful Yellow Underwing moth (Anarta myrtilli) back to burrow, Surrey, UK, August

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90750119 Sand Wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying paralysed caterpillar of Beautiful Yellow Underwing moth (Anarta myrtilli) back to burrow, Surrey, UK, August© Andy Sands

Sand Wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying paralysed caterpillar of Common heath moth (Ematurga atomaria) back to burrow, Surrey, UK, August

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90750116 Sand Wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying paralysed caterpillar of Common heath moth (Ematurga atomaria) back to burrow, Surrey, UK, August© Andy Sands

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90750115 Sand Wasp (Ammophila pubescens) carrying paralysed caterpillar of Common heath moth (Ematurga atomaria) back to burrow, Surrey, UK, August© Andy Sands

Thread-waisted wasp (Ammophila sp.) Orange County, Florida, USA September

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Blue mud wasp (Chalybion californicum) Bastrop County, Texas, USA. May

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90744366 Thread-waisted wasp (Ammophila sp.) taking off, Travis County, Texas, USA. Controlled conditions. March© John Abbott

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90744365 Thread-waisted wasp (Ammophila sp.) taking off, Travis County, Texas, USA. Controlled conditions. March© John Abbott

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90734167 Digger wasp (Sphex pruinosus) male sunning on a rock in hot sunshine and raising its legs, Lesbos/ Lesvos, Greece, May© Nick Upton

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90734166 Digger wasp (Sphex pruinosus) male sunning on a rock in hot sunshine and raising its legs, Lesbos/ Lesvos, Greece, May© Nick Upton

Sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa) at burrow entrance, Arne, Dorset, UK, July.

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90710084 Digger wasp (Sphex maxillosus), Central Coastal Plain, Israel, June. Focus-stacked and cropped. meetyourneighbours.net project© MYN / Gil Wizen

Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis) female at burrow entrance with fly, England - Kim Taylor/ npl

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Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis) female at burrow entrance, England - Kim Taylor/ npl

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