Rolf Nagel-Fl-15-11723-Vespula vulgaris
Vespula vulgaris
Common Wasp ................ with sting of a bee in its body
Gemeine Wespe .............. mit Stachel einer Biene im Körper
Almindelig Gedehams ... med brod af en bi i kroppen
Second to the Bee Wolf flying a Honey Bee to its nest, this is my favourite 2015 photo so far. It looks not that spectacular, but it was a surprise and is probably an unique documentation.
Already at school I learned that bees die after stinging a person or another mammal because the barbed sting can't be retracted from the elastic skin, whereas insects can be stung repeatedly.
Here is shown that the second case is not always true, the stinging aparatus is torn out of the bee's abdomen. Surprisingly the wasp was still able to fly.
I could not find any other cases in the internet, so please tell me if you have information on the subject.
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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If you like my pictures of insects in flight, you should visit my special website on insect flight:
Wenn Ihnen meine Bilder fliegender Insekten gefallen, besuchen Sie bitte meine Homepage speziell zu diesem Thema:
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PLEASE, NO AWARDS, no Copy and Paste Comments and no group icons like "your wonderful photo was seen in group xyz". They will all be deleted sooner or later.
BITTE KEINE AWARDS, kopierte Kommentare oder diese Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich früher oder später.
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Rolf Nagel-Fl-15-11723-Vespula vulgaris
Vespula vulgaris
Common Wasp ................ with sting of a bee in its body
Gemeine Wespe .............. mit Stachel einer Biene im Körper
Almindelig Gedehams ... med brod af en bi i kroppen
Second to the Bee Wolf flying a Honey Bee to its nest, this is my favourite 2015 photo so far. It looks not that spectacular, but it was a surprise and is probably an unique documentation.
Already at school I learned that bees die after stinging a person or another mammal because the barbed sting can't be retracted from the elastic skin, whereas insects can be stung repeatedly.
Here is shown that the second case is not always true, the stinging aparatus is torn out of the bee's abdomen. Surprisingly the wasp was still able to fly.
I could not find any other cases in the internet, so please tell me if you have information on the subject.
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
If you like my pictures of insects in flight, you should visit my special website on insect flight:
Wenn Ihnen meine Bilder fliegender Insekten gefallen, besuchen Sie bitte meine Homepage speziell zu diesem Thema:
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PLEASE, NO AWARDS, no Copy and Paste Comments and no group icons like "your wonderful photo was seen in group xyz". They will all be deleted sooner or later.
BITTE KEINE AWARDS, kopierte Kommentare oder diese Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich früher oder später.
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