Digger wasp
To most of us, a wasp is an annoying insect that does its best to ruin a picnic. That is the Common Wasp, a social insect that is part of the family Vespidae. However there are three other families of wasp that live in the UK - Potter and Mason wasps; Spider-hunting wasps; and Digger wasps. This is a Digger wasp, of which we have about 110 different species. They are solitary insects, each female making her own nest in the earth, which she stocks with paralysed insects..
Digger wasp
To most of us, a wasp is an annoying insect that does its best to ruin a picnic. That is the Common Wasp, a social insect that is part of the family Vespidae. However there are three other families of wasp that live in the UK - Potter and Mason wasps; Spider-hunting wasps; and Digger wasps. This is a Digger wasp, of which we have about 110 different species. They are solitary insects, each female making her own nest in the earth, which she stocks with paralysed insects..