Median wasp (Dolichovespula media) feeding on sugary sap from the inner bark phloem layer exposed in sawn logs from a recently fallen Willow tree, UK.

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Median wasp (Dolichovespula media) feeding on sugary sap from the inner bark phloem layer exposed in sawn logs from a recently fallen Weeping willow tree (Salix x sepucralis), Wiltshire, UK, August.

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Size: 4607px × 3456px
Location: Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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