Great pennant / Wild carrot wasp (Gasteruption jaculator), a parasite of solitary bees and wasps, visiting an insect hotel in search of host nests, UK.

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Great pennant wasp / Wild carrot wasp (Gasteruption jaculator), a parasite of solitary bees and wasps, visiting an insect hotel in search of host nests, Wiltshire garden, UK, June.

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Size: 5038px × 3778px
Location: Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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