(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)
Paper wasp female, Belonogaster species (Vespidae), masticating a chewed up moth caterpillar prior to feeding it to her offspring in her communal paper nest.
Photograph © Vida van der Walt
Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).
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