Two well focussed Common wasps feeding on a grasshopper that they have killed by stinging it. The background is a recycled plastic step in the Park.

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Collinswoodimages / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

2Y95EGR

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19.9 MB (774.6 KB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3212 x 2164 px | 27.2 x 18.3 cm | 10.7 x 7.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

31 July 2009

Location:

Oldham, Greater Manchester.UK.

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We often forget that wasps eat other insects as well as fruit and nectar.

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Two well focussed Common wasps feeding on a grasshopper that they have killed by stinging it. The background is a recycled plastic step in the Park.

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