Adult ferocious polybia wasp, Polybia rejecta, on a nest during the day within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

A paper wasp, Genus Pachymenes, building a nest during the day within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

Wasps making a wood pulp nest on oak beams, United Kingdom

Common wasps, Vespula vulgaris, yellowjacket, with wasp nest, in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Common wasp (vespula vulgaris) nest hanging on roof of outbuilding, oxfordshire, uk

European hornets (Vespa crabro), workers on the entrance to the nest, former nesting hole of a great spotted woodpecker, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

European or Dominulus paper wasp Polistes dominulus doing brood care at the nest

Paper wasp watching over her nest with larvae, France

Digger wasp : Sand wasp (Bembecinus tridens) on sand, La Truchere Nature Reserve, Burgundy, France

Digger wasp : Sand wasp (Bembecinus tridens) digging, La Truchere Nature Reserve, Burgundy, France