Caption

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) with a hornet (Vespa crabro) in its beak, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date

May 24, 2019

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/BIA

Reference

BRK26F89_196

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29.3Mb (9.8Mb) / 13.1in x 8.7in / 3919 x 2613 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted European hornet Insect Vespinae Bird wild animal foraging animal feed animal behaviour animal spring Rhineland-Palatinate German wildlife feed Europe feeding Hymenoptera European bee-eater prey catch european animal of prey Germany wildlife photography sphecoid wasp wasp Apocrita natural environment Coraciiformes bird photography Central Europe in the beak social wasp Bee-eater Crabroninae Crabro Crabronidae no one animals in the wild search for food food springtime Rheinland-Pfalz fauna eat ingestion European bee eater preys prey animal German Federal Republic capture habitat Middle Europe beak No People Wildlife searching for food fodder Republic of Germany natural habitat Bee eater nobody forage FRG uninhabited hunting food empty foraging for food looking for food European hornets Insects Wasps Birds wild animals animal feeds animals European bee-eaters catches animals of prey preying sphecoid wasps wasps natural environments social wasps bee-eaters searches for food eating European bee eaters prey animals capturing Bee eaters BRD in May RLP feeds Europe's catching preyed in its beak in beak search of food eats captured captures