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Common wasp nest

Nest of the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) on the forest floor.

The nest of the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) on the forest floor. New Zealand has the highest densities of these wasps in the world. In beech forest with honeydew, the biomass of social wasps is greater than that of all the native birds.

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