The Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) is a social wasp that can form nests as small as a dozen in the roof of your shed to colonies boasting 10 000 plus.

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The Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) is a social wasp that can form nests as small as a dozen or so in the roof of your shed to colonies boasting 10 000+ in burrows or other suitable nesting sites. The nests are built of a paper like material scavenged from dead and dying wood which they mix with saliva to form a pulp, this is applied thinly to create the paper texture. Seen here scavenging on old rotten pear fruit.

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Location: Formby, Merseyside, UK
Photo credit: © Rod Hill / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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