Bald-faced hornet ( Dolichovespula maculata ) by Fletcher Wildlife Garden

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28-JUL-2014	Christine Hanrahan

Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

This wasp is scraping bits of wood fibre from a wood pallet which it will use to create its big paper nest. Imagine the number of trips the wasps must make to create their large pendulous nest.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/1000s f/2.8 at 108.0mm iso125 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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