Lesser Pennant / Wild carrot wasp (Gasteruption assectator), a parasite of Yellow-face bees (Hylaeus spp.), hovering by insect hotel nest burrows UK.

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Wild carrot wasp / Lesser Pennant Wasp (Gasteruption assectator), a parasite of Yellow-face bees (Hylaeus spp.), hovering by nest burrows in an insect hotel where these bees are nesting, Wiltshire garden, UK, June.

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Size: 4014px × 3011px
Location: Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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