Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii) female entering her nest burrow with a Rusty birch button moth caterpillar (Acleris notana) for her grubs.

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Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii) female entering her nest burrow with a Rusty birch button moth caterpillar (Acleris notana) she has paralysed to act as food for her larvae, Dorset heathland, UK, July. This endangered species is one of the rarest invertebrates in the UK known only from a few heathlands in Purbeck.

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Size: 4002px × 3002px
Location: Dorset, England,UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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