Digger wasp / Sphecid wasp (Ectemnius cephalotes) returning to a nest burrow it has excavated in the dead wood of an oak tree.

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Digger wasp / Sphecid wasp (Ectemnius cf. cephalotes) returning to a nest burrow it has excavated in the dead wood of an old oak tree base, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

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Size: 4543px × 3029px
Location: Lower Woods Reserve, Wickwar, Gloucestershire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: banded, black, british, close, crabronidae, digger, ectemnius, england, europe, hymenoptera, kingdom, nesting, portraits, single, sphecid, sphecidae, trees, united, ups, wasps, wildlife, woodland, woods, yellow