Common wasp. High-speed insect-eye view of a raindrop about to hit a common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) in flight. Common wasps are social insects, living

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Common wasp. High-speed insect-eye view of a raindrop about to hit a common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) in flight. Common wasps are social insects, living in hives of several thousand individuals. The hive's young are fed on insects, but the adults only eat sweet liquids.

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Photo credit: © DR. JOHN BRACKENBURY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: animal, high-speed, insect, insect-eye, insecta, invertebrate, invertebrates, nature, rain, raindrop, type, vespula, view, vulgaris, wasp, wildlife, zoology