Discover wasps and their creepy behaviours

The ultimate insect nightmares, these razor-sharp predators combine intricate social intelligence with some of the most hauntingly macabre survival strategies on the planet.

Moonlight hunters and sickle tails: Meeting Enicospilus ramidulus

Moonlight hunters and sickle tails: Meeting Enicospilus ramidulus

Macabre hide and seek: The nightmare drills of Lissonota wasps

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Macabre hide and seek: The nightmare drills of Lissonota wasps

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Mistaken identity: Discovering a rare spider-hunter on the Swedish trail

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Mistaken identity: Discovering a rare spider-hunter on the Swedish trail

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Chasing the twitching hunter: Photographing Aritranis director on the Baltic coast

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Chasing the twitching hunter: Photographing Aritranis director on the Baltic coast

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

An army of females: The parasitic empire of Diplazon laetatorius

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

An army of females: The parasitic empire of Diplazon laetatorius

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Yellow-banded ichneumon wasp encountered in Okinawa, Japan

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Yellow-banded ichneumon wasp encountered in Okinawa, Japan

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Queens, water fans, and stings: The biology of paper wasps

Vespid wasps (Vespidae)

Queens, water fans, and stings: The biology of paper wasps

Vespid wasps (Vespidae)

Ant disguises and wood-drilling needles: Meeting the wasp Spathius

Braconid wasps (Braconidae)

Ant disguises and wood-drilling needles: Meeting the wasp Spathius

Braconid wasps (Braconidae)

Nature’s secret hunters: Meeting the bright yellow Joppa wasp

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Nature’s secret hunters: Meeting the bright yellow Joppa wasp

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Parasites of flies from Ecuadorian highland: Meeting the wasp Phaenocarpa

Braconid wasps (Braconidae)

Parasites of flies from Ecuadorian highland: Meeting the wasp Phaenocarpa

Braconid wasps (Braconidae)

Metallic blue and legendary stings: The world of the Mexican tarantula-hawk wasp

Spider wasps (Pompilidae)

Metallic blue and legendary stings: The world of the Mexican tarantula-hawk wasp

Spider wasps (Pompilidae)

Tiny controllers of the forest: The world of Bracon wasps

Braconid wasps (Braconidae)

Tiny controllers of the forest: The world of Bracon wasps

Braconid wasps (Braconidae)
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