Beewolf Wasp Philanthus with paralyzed honey bee about to flying to its burrow bottom left.

The major prey species throughout the world range of this wasp is the worker honey bee, In the 1990s this species was considered to be one of the great aculeate rarities in Britain. Records for the last few years indicate that currently the species is increasingly common in a steadily increasing number of sites in southern England.

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