Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) returning to its nest burrow with Common furrow bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) to feed its grubs, Wales.

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Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) returning to its nest burrow in a cliff edge sand bank with a male Common furrow bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) it has paralysed to act as food for its larvae, The Gower, Wales, UK, July.

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