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Queen Polistes wasp depositing egg 

 A mud-dauber wasp with spiders . 

 A sand wasp dragging caterpillar . 

 Hunting wasp, Ammophila sabulosa 

 Hunting wasp, Sphex maxillosus . 



I Nests of German wasps 



Nest of Norwegian wasp . 

 Nest of Norwegian wasp opened . 

 Fence rasped by wasps 

 Comb from wasp's nest . 

 Queen German wasp hibernating . 

 Polistes wasp feeding larva 



f Wasp larva spinning cap . 



Polistes worker in flight . 



Polistes wasps on nest 



A Polistes wasp and suspended nest 



A hornet's nest 



A hornet worker 



Another nest of Polistes wasps 



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