Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) blinded by pollinia on Broad leaved Helleborine Alan Prowse | wildlife-galleries.co.uk

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Pollinia from the orchid stuck to the wasp's eyes, and it could only crawl around until it dislodged them, July 2011.

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Author: Kenneth Noble
Created on: Wednesday 13 July 2011
Posted on: Sunday 28 October 2012
Dimensions: 800*637
Filesize: 383 KB
Keywords: Alan Prowse, blinded by pollinia, Common Wasp, July 2011, on Broad leaved Helleborine, Surrey, Vespula vulgaris
Albums: Insects / Ants, wasps, bees & Allies
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