"wasp behavior"

#12759964

15 September 2025

Mud dauber wasps soften nests using water to take them over and lay their eggs. They carry water in their mandibles to moisten the mud for nest repairs or modifications. In this instance, a mud dauber wasp is collecting water from waterlogged leaves during the rainy season in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 15 September 2025.

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#12671426

24 August 2025

Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) eat a rotting watermelon in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on August 23, 2025.

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#12660630

19 August 2025

Ichneumonid wasp (family Ichneumonidae) attempting to parasitize a round-headed katydid nymph (Orthoptera) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on August 19, 2025. Members of this parasitoid wasp family play an important role in regulating insect populations and are considered valuable agents for biological control.

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#12660634

19 August 2025

Ichneumonid wasp (family Ichneumonidae) attempting to parasitize a round-headed katydid nymph (Orthoptera) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on August 19, 2025. Members of this parasitoid wasp family play an important role in regulating insect populations and are considered valuable agents for biological control.

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#12543878

10 July 2025

A black mud-dauber wasp (Sceliphron sp.) built a mud nest using damp soil on top of a spice jar in the kitchen of a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 10 July 2025.

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#12543879

10 July 2025

A black mud-dauber wasp (Sceliphron sp.) built a mud nest using damp soil on top of a spice jar in the kitchen of a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 10 July 2025.

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#12543883

10 July 2025

A black mud-dauber wasp (Sceliphron sp.) built a mud nest using damp soil on top of a spice jar in the kitchen of a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 10 July 2025.

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#12495289

22 June 2025

wasp-mimic jumping spider (Rhene flavicomans) hides beneath the leaves of a lime plant branch while hunting prey in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 22, 2025.

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#12495290

22 June 2025

wasp-mimic jumping spider (Rhene flavicomans) hides beneath the leaves of a lime plant branch while hunting prey in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 22, 2025.

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#12495291

22 June 2025

wasp-mimic jumping spider (Rhene flavicomans) hides beneath the leaves of a lime plant branch while hunting prey in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 22, 2025.

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#12495292

22 June 2025

wasp-mimic jumping spider (Rhene flavicomans) hides beneath the leaves of a lime plant branch while hunting prey in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 22, 2025.

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#12495293

22 June 2025

wasp-mimic jumping spider (Rhene flavicomans) hides beneath the leaves of a lime plant branch while hunting prey in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 22, 2025.

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#12495294

22 June 2025

wasp-mimic jumping spider (Rhene flavicomans) hides beneath the leaves of a lime plant branch while hunting prey in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 22, 2025.

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#12495295

22 June 2025

wasp-mimic jumping spider (Rhene flavicomans) hides beneath the leaves of a lime plant branch while hunting prey in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 22, 2025.

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#12483561

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483563

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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