Recycling wasp style
Recently I noticed a wasp working at some nests high up in the brick mortar near the surfeiting of our house. I climbed up on a small ladder, and could hardly believe what I was seeing when I looked through the camera lens. The wasp was gathering material from the old nests, rolling it up into a ball and flying off with it, obviously to a new nest somewhere.
I don't know the exact species, but I think it's one of the potter wasps.
In the main photo she is just ready to fly off with the material. Click on the photos in the first comment box to see them in high resolution.
Recycling wasp style
Recently I noticed a wasp working at some nests high up in the brick mortar near the surfeiting of our house. I climbed up on a small ladder, and could hardly believe what I was seeing when I looked through the camera lens. The wasp was gathering material from the old nests, rolling it up into a ball and flying off with it, obviously to a new nest somewhere.
I don't know the exact species, but I think it's one of the potter wasps.
In the main photo she is just ready to fly off with the material. Click on the photos in the first comment box to see them in high resolution.