WASPS GALORE - as heard on BBC Radio 4

BBC Wildlife’s Richard ‘Bugman’ Jones has been talking to the Home Planet programme on BBC Radio 4 about the bumper year of wasps we’re experiencing.

And as numbers are expected to peak in August and September, you can use BBC Wildlife’s handy guide to common wasp species to help identify those species you’re most likely to encounter. And join the ‘Wasp Watch!’

Illustrations by Chris Shields