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Wasp update: watching me

I have been watching this wasp build her nest for about a month now. She is the most diligent of all mothers and hardly moves away from her brood. She is beginning to close up some of the cavities now. Her eyes never falter from me when I photograph her which is at a distance of about 2 cm. She seems to trust me. When my dog Hugo walked on the deck below me she glanced down at him. She has not once attempted to repel me in any way.

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Uploaded on November 5, 2007
Taken on November 2, 2007