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Wespen en mieren

Wasps and ants

The ones with a narrow waist: wasps, hornets and the ants at your feet. Hover a picture, or tap it on a phone, to hear the name.

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Image credits

Photographs and drawings come from Wikimedia Commons and are reproduced under the licences below. All have been resized and converted to WebP for this site; they are otherwise unaltered.

de gewone wesp — Vespula_vulgaris-m.jpg by Magne Flåten, CC BY-SA 3.0
de Duitse wesp — European_wasp_white_bg.jpg by User:Fir0002, GFDL 1.2
de hoornaar — Vespa crabro germana with prey Richard Bartz Crop.jpg by Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro Freak, CC BY-SA 2.5
de Aziatische hoornaar — Asian_hornet_(Vespa_velutina).jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de Franse veldwesp — European_Paper_Wasp_-_Polistes_dominula,_Saanichton,_British_Columbia,_August_5,_2016_(53552917108).jpg by Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0
de bijenwolf — Wasp_August_2007-12.jpg by Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0
de sluipwesp — IC_Ichneumonini.jpg by IronChris, CC BY-SA 3.0
de galwesp — Gall_Wasp_-_Cynipidae_family,_Leesylvania_State_Park,_Woodbridge,_Virginia.jpg by Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0
de goudwesp — Gemeine_Goldwespe.jpg by Sven Damerow, CC BY-SA 4.0
de bladwesp — XN_Tenthredo_mesomela.jpg by Guido Gerding, CC BY-SA 3.0
de reuzenhoutwesp — Urocerus_gigas5.jpg by Holger Gröschl, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
de graafwesp — Tachysphex_specie_edit1.jpg by Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2
de mier — Red_Ant_-_March_2025.jpg by Samantha Henneke from Seagrove, North Carolina, USA, CC BY 2.0
de rode bosmier — A_Formica_rufa_sideview.jpg by Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak, CC BY-SA 2.5
de wegmier — Black_Garden_Ant_tending_Citrus_Mealybug_(16063538972).jpg by Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0
de gele weidemier — Angry_Ant_(Explored)_(31456859231).jpg by AJC1 from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
de faraomier — Monomorium_pharaonis_casent0173986_profile_1.jpg by April Nobile, CC BY 4.0
de bladsnijdersmier — Atta_cephalotes-pjt.jpg by Pjt56, CC BY-SA 4.0
de wevermier — Red_Weaver_Ant,_Oecophylla_smaragdina.jpg by Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2
de vuurmier — Fire_ants.jpg by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS, Public domain