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This wasp looks like a yellowjacket, and will parasitise them in the Americas. Other species are targeted in the Eastern hemisphere.
Its strategy is to take over a nest with only a handful of workers by killing or ousting the other queen, and then coaxing the workers to feed it and tending its own larvae. Nasty little bugger.
645D with 200mm f/4 and a 55mm reversed (~3,9X magnification). Lit by two diffused flashes. Stacked in Zerene Stacker from 40-ish images.
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