703 pictures found
© Alberto Ghizzi Panizza / Biosphoto
Adorned by the dew, Luzzana, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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To try to defend the colony from this incessant predation, the bees fight back by forming a cluster on the flight board. They thus save a few
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
To try to defend the colony from this incessant predation, the bees fight back by forming a cluster on the flight board. They thus save a few foraging bees returning after gathering nectar and pollen from the flowers. France
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Face-off between David and Goliath. The bee has no chance of defeating the formidable predator that is the Asian hornet Vespa velutina.
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Face-off between David and Goliath. The bee has no chance of defeating the formidable predator that is the Asian hornet Vespa velutina.
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Papaer Wasp (Polistes biglumis) male in defensive posture, France
© Olivier Miniato / Biosphoto
© Olivier Miniato / Biosphoto
Papaer Wasp (Polistes biglumis) male in defensive posture, France
© Mario Cea Sanchez / Biosphoto
European hornet flying with prey - Spain
© Jean-Yves Grospas / Biosphoto
Portrait of European Hornet - France
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Guêpe poliste (Polistes dominula) sur son nid en été, Moselle, France
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
Guêpe poliste (Polistes dominula) sur son nid en été, Moselle, France
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European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula) resting on the surface of a puddle on a muddy path in the countryside in spring, near Hyères, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula) resting on the surface of a puddle on a muddy path in the countryside in spring, near Hyères, Var, France
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Plastic bottle filled with a mixture (wine, beer, blackcurrant
© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
Plastic bottle filled with a mixture (wine, beer, blackcurrant syrup) to attract and trap Asian hornets (invasive species) in a garden, Ille et Vilaine, Brittany, France
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Paper Wasp (Polistes sp) on Blue Thistle (Echinops ritro), Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Paper Wasp (Polistes sp) on Blue Thistle (Echinops ritro), Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy, Lorraine, France
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Queen Wasp (Vespa velutina) building nest, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Queen Wasp (Vespa velutina) building nest, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) eating the bark of an Ash tree in search of sweet/fermented sap, Madine, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) eating the bark of an Ash tree in search of sweet/fermented sap, Madine, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) in hunting flight among garden flowers, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) in hunting flight among garden flowers, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) on a leaf, Eulmont, Lorraine,
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) on a leaf, Eulmont, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) on a leaf, Eulmont, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) on a leaf, Eulmont, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) on Ivy flower, Jean-Marie Pelt botanical garden (Nancy), Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) on Ivy flower, Jean-Marie Pelt botanical garden (Nancy), Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) on Iris flower, Bouxières-aux-dames, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) on Iris flower, Bouxières-aux-dames, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) on a leaf, Bouxières-aux-dames,
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) on a leaf, Bouxières-aux-dames, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) attracted by the light of a lamp,
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) attracted by the light of a lamp, at night, Bouxières-aux-dames, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) on Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), botanical garden of Nancy (Montet), Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) on Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), botanical garden of Nancy (Montet), Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest entrance in a dead wood, Azelot, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest entrance in a dead wood, Azelot, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest entrance in a dead wood, Azelot, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest entrance in a dead wood, Azelot, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest entrance in a dead wood, Azelot, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest entrance in a dead wood, Azelot, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest entrance in a dead wood, Azelot, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest entrance in a dead wood, Azelot, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) in flight at the nest entrance, Azelot, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) in flight at the nest entrance, Azelot, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) trophallaxis = food exchange,
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) trophallaxis = food exchange, Azelot, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest entrance in a dead wood, Azelot, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) nest entrance in a dead wood, Azelot, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) in flight, with a pellet of insects caught at the nest entrance, Azelot, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) in flight, with a pellet of insects caught at the nest entrance, Azelot, Lorraine, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) portrait, Bouxières-aux-dames, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) portrait, Bouxières-aux-dames, Lorraine, France
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Frelon asiatique ou Frelon a pattes jaunes (Vespa velutina), sur fleur de bananier, Jardin des Plantes de Paris, Ile de France, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Frelon asiatique ou Frelon a pattes jaunes (Vespa velutina), sur fleur de bananier, Jardin des Plantes de Paris, Ile de France, France
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Asian predatory Hornet (Vespa velutina), wintering queen, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Asian predatory Hornet (Vespa velutina), wintering queen, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
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Asian predatory Hornet (Vespa velutina), wintering queen, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Asian predatory Hornet (Vespa velutina), wintering queen, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
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Asian predatory Hornet (Vespa velutina), wintering queen,
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Asian predatory Hornet (Vespa velutina), wintering queen, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
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Asian predatory Hornet (Vespa velutina), wintering queen, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Asian predatory Hornet (Vespa velutina), wintering queen, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
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Asian predatory Hornet (Vespa velutina), wintering queen, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Asian predatory Hornet (Vespa velutina), wintering queen, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
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Social wasp (Belonogaster madecassa), Ampitabe Lake, Pangalanes
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
Social wasp (Belonogaster madecassa), Ampitabe Lake, Pangalanes Channel, Atsinanana, Madagascar
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Paper wasp (Ropalidia dubia) in situ, Ampitabe Lake, Pangalanes Channel, Atsinanana, Madagascar
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
Paper wasp (Ropalidia dubia) in situ, Ampitabe Lake, Pangalanes Channel, Atsinanana, Madagascar
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Social wasp (Belonogaster madecassa) on nest, Ampitabe Lake, Pangalanes Channel, Atsinanana, Madagascar
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
Social wasp (Belonogaster madecassa) on nest, Ampitabe Lake, Pangalanes Channel, Atsinanana, Madagascar
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Paper wasp (Ropalidia avulorum), Analamazaotra Madagascar
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
Paper wasp (Ropalidia avulorum), Analamazaotra Madagascar
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European hornets (Vespa crabro) entry control on arrival at the nest by the keepers, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
European hornets (Vespa crabro) entry control on arrival at the nest by the keepers, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Wasp nest on a board, the larvae are in the white boxes, Ille et
© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
Wasp nest on a board, the larvae are in the white boxes, Ille et Vilaine, Bretagne, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Asian hornets (Vespa velutina), eating a pear, Pays de Loire, France
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) on the right and Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) on the left, eating a pear, Pays de Loire, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
European hornet (Vespa crabro) on the right and Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) on the left, eating a pear, Pays de Loire, France