Female Digger Wasp (Prionyx kirbii) dragging paralysed grasshopper prey into her nesting burrow.

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Female Digger Wasp (Sphex albisectus) dragging paralysed grasshopper prey into her nesting burrow. Chaîne des Alpilles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence, France. June.

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Photo credit: © Richard Becker / Alamy / Afripics
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