Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii) female flying to her nest with a paralysed Rusty birch button moth caterpillar (Acleris notana) Dorset UK

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Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii) female flying to her nest burrow with a Rusty birch button moth caterpillar (Acleris notana) she has paralysed to act as food for her larvae, Dorset heathland, UK, July. This endangered species is one of the rarest invertebrates in the UK known only from a few heathlands in Purbeck.

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Size: 3843px × 2882px
Location: Dorset, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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