Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii) female emerging from its nest burrow in a bare patch of sandy clay in heathland, Dorset, UK, July.

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Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii) female emerging from its nest burrow in a bare patch of sandy clay in heathland, Dorset, UK, July. This endangered species is one of the rarest invertebrates in the UK known only from a few heathlands in Purbeck.

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Size: 4385px × 3289px
Location: Dorset, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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