Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) inspecting a mud chimney nest entrance of its host species, the Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes), UK.

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Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) inspecting the mud chimney built over the nest burrow of its host species, the Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes), coastal sand bank, Cornwall, UK, June.

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Size: 4144px × 3108px
Location: Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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