Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes) female flying to her nest burrow's protective mud chimney within a colony on a coastal sand bank, Cornwall, UK.

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Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes) female flying to an ornate mud chimney protecting her nest burrow entrance near several other mud chimneys, coastal sand bank, Cornwall, UK, June.

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Size: 7402px × 4935px
Location: Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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