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Killer instinct

Killer instinct

A Common Wasp having caught a hoverfly is removing legs, wings etc., to make the victim easier to carry back to the nest

A Common Wasp having caught a hoverfly is removing legs, wings etc., to make the victim easier to carry back to the nest
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Apr, 2013

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