Catching and ant

Adult hornets feed on nectar and sugar-rich plants, but they also attack some insects, which they kill with stings and jaws. Hornets can easily kill ants, honey bees, grasshoppers, and locusts, which are fully masticated and then fed to the larvae developing in the nest, rather than consumed by the adult hornets. In the photo, this European hornet just caught and killed an ant and is flying with it it to its nest.

What a drama you have caught right there!

Thank you, Philip. I am glad you appreciate it. Best,- Sandor

Very beautiful the photo of this hornet with its prey, enhanced by the beautiful note that describes the behavior of this insect, ciao Giangiorgio

Thank you, Giangiorgio. I am particularly pleased that you like it. I was trying to make an in-flight photo of the hornet and I sort of sensed that the wasp got something, but I could only retrospectively identify by the photo that it was an ant, ciao and bouna serata, Sandor

Fantastic capture of the wasp and ant, Sandor. Excellent timing, colors and composition. Great looking image. Best regards, Paul.

Thank you, Paul, for the kind note. Luck had its role as I was not expecting the wasp would attack and kill an ant. Best,- Sandor