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Common wasp, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale, Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal and Dawsholm Park
Dorsal view of a Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) spotted in Kelvindale, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. These innovative insects are fantastic architects, utilizing a large variety of abandonded spaces to assemble their nest. Not only do they nest in trees or in garden sheds, but they make use of old roofs, cracks in infastructure and even uninhabited mammal burrows.
16 August 2020
Common wasp, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale, Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal and Dawsholm Park
The underside of a Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris), showing its very thin waistline, Kelvindale, taken by David Palmar. Despite their unfriendly reputation, these wasps play an important role in our local ecosystem. As well as being pollinators themselves, their old nests can provide homes for other insects including other pollinators (such as hoverflies).
16 August 2020
Common Wasp nest, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale, Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal and Dawsholm Park
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) nest, Kelvindale, Glasgow
30 May 2020
Common Wasp nest, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale, Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal and Dawsholm Park
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) nest, Kelvindale, Glasgow
30 May 2020
Wasp nest, Falls of Clyde
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Falls of Clyde
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) nest at Falls of Clyde
19 July 2005
Common Wasp in grass, Broomhill, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Claythorn, Broomhill and Jordanhill
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) among grass on an allotment in Broomhill, Glasgow
13 April 2017
Common Wasp in grass, Broomhill, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Claythorn, Broomhill and Jordanhill
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) among grass on an allotment in Broomhill, Glasgow
13 April 2017
Common Wasp on ground in Broomhill, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) on ground of allotment in Broomhill, Glasgow
13 April 2017
Common Wasp in grass, Broomhill, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Claythorn, Broomhill and Jordanhill
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) among grass on an allotment in Broomhill, Glasgow
13 April 2017
Common Wasp on creeping thistle
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Fallin and Wester Moss
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) on creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), this native species is a great pollinator. Photo taken on a plant walk with the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative in Fallin, Stirling.
