Big, generally aggressive and with a tendency to attack stuff without so much as a by-your-leave, this very large hunter/invader from the Continent tends to both dwarf and bully our more happy-go-lucky little home-grown versions!  The one in the photograph landed on my hand this afternoon while I was completely minding my own business, but unfortunately, it flew up into the air just as I was trying to manoeuvre my camera into position with my other hand to get an interesting shot of it! I needn’t have worried however, because it had apparently only been using my hand momentarily as a launch-pad from which to ambush what looked like a Snipe Fly in mid flight! Then, having caught its victim, the Wasp proceeded to use its incredibly powerful jaws to literally tear the Fly to pieces before flying off, probably all the way back to the nest, with the juicier bits held firmly between its feet!