female European paper wasp (Polistes dominula), whirring its wings to thermoregulate its chambered paper nest anchored to stone wall in Tuscany Italy

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Size: 3000px × 2250px
Location: Tuscany, Italy
Photo credit: © Steve Holroyd / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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