This is the field digger wasp, Mellinus arvensis in our rear garden, September. The wasp hunts for a range of flies for their larval brood cells.

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This is the field digger wasp, Mellinus arvensis in our rear garden, September. The wasp hunts for a range of flies for their larval brood cells. Digger wasps nest in open sandy In areas of bare ground, several female digger wasps nest may occur in the same area. The spoil heaps left around their holes look like a miniature volcano of sandy soil.

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