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El término avispa se aplica de diversas maneras a distintos taxones de insectos del orden Hymenoptera. La definición más extensa es la que considera avispa a todo himenóptero no clasificado como hormiga o abeja. Más estricta es la definición de la RAE, según la cual «avispa» es el insecto himenóptero de tamaño moderado (1-1,5 cm para la mayoría, pero de hasta 5 cm en el caso del avispón gigante de Asia Vespa mandarinia), de color amarillo con bandas negras, dotado de aguijón venenoso y que vive en sociedad. La alusión al comportamiento social puede hacer esta definición excesivamente limitada respecto al uso común del término, ya que usualmente se emplea basándose únicamente en la apariencia y sin distinguir el comportamiento social. La definición taxonómicamente más ajustada se refiere a los insectos de la familia Vespidae.
Términos derivados usualmente empleados son «avispilla» y «avispón». El primero se emplea para los himenópteros de pequeño tamaño (excluidas las hormigas), mientras que el segundo se aplica a los de gran tamaño (principalmente al género Vespa, y más concretamente a Vespa crabro). También puede aplicarse al género Vespula.
La mayor parte de ellas son solitarias mientras que unas pocas son eusociales, como por ejemplo Polistes fuscatus, Vespa orientalis, y Vespula germanica. Este término hace referencia al mayor nivel de organización que puede poseer una sociedad animal. Sus características más importantes son el cuidado de las crías (propias o de otros individuos), la coexistencia en un mismo nido de varias generaciones juntas y una división del trabajo entre una casta reproductora y una no reproductora (obreras). La eusocialidad está favorecida por el inusual sistema de reproducción haplodiploide donde el sexo queda determinado según o no la fecundación de los huevos en los Himenópteros.
En las especies solitarias cada hembra adulta vive y se reproduce independientemente. Algunas de las avispas solitarias son parasitoides, es decir parasitan a varias especies de animales, sobre todo artrópodos. Muchas de ellas son consideradas beneficiosas para los humanos ya que sirven de control de plagas en especies agrícolas y de horticultura. Unas pocas especies de avispa no son bienvenidas ya que atacan a otros insectos beneficiosos.
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Apilado de 65 fotografías con el objetivo Schneider-Kreuznach componon-S 100mm 5,6 invertido,cámara canon 7d mark II con fuelle canon , a f-8, iso 100, p.d.c. 0,4889 mm y 1,6," de expo,con varias luces con difusores y a 5000º K con carril micrométrico motorizado,aumento real 1.2 X.
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Apilado de 135 fotografías con cámara canon 7d mark II y objetivo mitutoyo 5X NA 0,14 más lente de tubo raynox 250, iso 200, p.d.c. 0,0476 mm y 1,3" de expo,con varias luces con difusores y a 5000º K con carril micrométrico motorizado,aumento real 3 X
Procesado con Zr y Ps.
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Apilado de 158 fotografías con cámara canon 5d mark III y objetivo mitutoyo 5X NA 0,14 más lente de tubo raynox 250, iso 100, p.d.c. 0,0383 mm y 1,3" de expo,con varias luces con difusores y con carril micrométrico motorizado,aumento real 3,7X
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Vespa velutina: Die erste Asiatische Hornisse in unserem Garten - The first Asian Hornet in our garden ...
Hornisse am Boden: Sie hat anscheinend einen Flügel verloren und kann deswegen nicht mehr fliegen. Sie lebt vielleicht noch ein bis zwei Tage.
A hornet on the floor with an injured wing: life expectancy may be still one or two days.
Die letzte Überlebende des Hornissenvolks im Vogelhäuschen auf unserem Balkon. - The last survivor of the hornets in the birdhouse on our balcony.
European hornet closeup (Vespa crabro), 10-2022, Ticino, Switzerland
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European hornet (Vespa crabro), 10-2022, Ticino, Switzerland
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THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO:
I guess you can tell by the look on its face that this is not a happy hornet. That's not unusual for hornets - truth be told, variations of "not happy" "angry", or at least "badly irritated" seem to be pretty much their natural state of mind - but what's interesting about the fella above is that he also wasn't exactly sober.
To spell it out more clearly: that was one hammered hornet. It was so drunk in fact, it couldn't fly for two seconds straight without crashing. I shot that photo in my garden last fall, but as with all my pictures, I'll try to give you a bit more context.
Every year at least one hornet queen decides that some crack or hole inside the thick stone walls of my 400-year old house in Ticino is the perfect place to raise her royal family.
That in itself wouldn't pose a problem, but if there's one thing we know about "royals", it's that they're a complicated bunch (though it has to be said for both princes William and Harry that they rarely build little palaces inside the walls of some stranger's house, but I digress).
There is a slight potential for conflict; in my experience, all hornets are born with a sweet tooth and a bad temper, and particularly when there's ripe figs in my garden, tensions can rise.
That is entirely my fault though, because I still sometimes foolishly try to negotiate the human place in the food- (or rather: fruit-) chain, despite knowing perfectly well that fig season isn't the time to want to improve human-hornet relations, as any attempt in that regard will inevitably follow the same frustrating pattern:
Human: "Oh hello there Ms Hornet, how nice to meet you here at the fig tree - isn't the weather just lovely?"
Hornet: "Bzzzzzz. I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Go away. Bzzzzz."
Human: "There is really no need to be so angry, dear Ms Hornet: we're all friends here, and there's enough figs for all of us! How are the kids, I mean... larvae?"
Hornet: "Bzzzzzz. I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Go away. Bzzzzz."
Human: "Jeez, OK - relax! I can see you have a sting, I'm going, all right? You can have all the figs Ms Hornet, see: I'm already leaving!"
Hornet: "Bzzzzz. Yes, I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Don't come back. Bzzzzz."
And that's how THAT conversation goes.
Yet despite our occasional differences (like when I nearly died of smoke inhalation because Her Royal Hornet Majesty had decided my chimney was another suitable place for her nest), I'm happy to report we generally get along quite well, unless... - well, unless the hornets are intoxicated.
It's one of nature's lesser known facts (or perhaps its dirty secret) that many of our friends in the animal kingdom occasionally like to get high, and hornets are no exception. Not on anything illegal, mind; they are law-abiding insects after all, so you won't see them smoke crack or snort cocaine (although with some hornets I wouldn't rule that out completely 😉).
No: their usual drug of choice is alcohol, which my irritable neighbors find - surprise! - in my fig tree. Once some of the overripe fruit start to ferment, their potent juices become a magnet for hornets - and that's when the trouble starts.
It should come as no surprise that "hornets and hooch" are an inherently problematic combination. Because the crux with alcohol is this: it doesn't alter your personality, it only brings out the character traits that are already there without a filter, so you just become a terribly unrestrained version of yourself when you drink too much.
Which with hornets - who aren't the most cheerful bunch even on a good day - is a recipe for disaster. They are MEAN drunks - and I'm not kidding, oh boy. All that bottled-up anger constantly boiling underneath that shiny, chitin surface from the moment they hatch is finally released into the world, and it's not a pleasant sight, let me tell you.
Alcohol REALLY doesn't seem to improve their mood, and the other animals in my garden all agree (and I concur) that the fig tree would be a much happier place if the hornets just smoked weed and listened to Bob Marley instead (if them getting high can't be avoided altogether).
To be fair though, not all hornets have a drinking problem. Most of them behave responsibly and "don't drink and fly" (which I'm sure is a motto that gets taught in hornet school from an early age). And they don't get high all year long: It's only when fall arrives that the hornets like to have a merry get-together in my fig tree to get a good "buzz on".
But you know how it is: just like with any good party, there's always the ONE guy who can't hold his liquor and basically turns into your angry, drunk uncle at Christmas who starts picking fights with every one at the dinner table and insists on letting you know - very loudly - what he thinks about Trump or Biden or the Corona virus once he's had one too many.
Which finally brings me back to the fella in the photo above, because apparently he was THAT guy. That particular "drunk uncle" hornet sat underneath the fig tree on a fallen (and pretty rotten looking) fruit and was deep into its cups. As soon as it saw me, it started to buzz angrily and seemed intent on a confrontation, but it didn't manage to get airborne for more than a second.
After a few more failed attempts to lift off and a few more angry "Bzzzzzz" sounds (I think I actually did hear the words "Trump", "Biden" and "Corona" in there 😉), it just went back to boozing on the juices of the spoiled fig on the ground.
I left it to its own devices, happy that I got this quite expressive shot. 😊
P.S. I think it was actually a crazy, drunk AUNT - not an uncle 😉)
P.P.S. Just to make sure we understand each other (maybe as a disclaimer for readers who come to this gallery for the first time and aren't familiar with my kind of humor): I love the fact that these beautiful insects visit my garden. Watching how these efficient predators hunt wasps, horseflies or other insects is incredibly fascinating (adult hornets themselves mainly feed on sugary plant juices, but they hunt because their young need protein to grow).
Hornets may seem like they're constantly angry (which to me is funny - hence this text), but they're not; they're actually very peaceful towards humans, and even when you compete for a ripe fig with them, their furious buzzing is mostly just a bluff, and I've never been stung (and I don't know anyone who has).
Due to the unfounded fear many people have of hornets, who often get exterminated because they're confused with common wasps, this species is threatened in many countries (in Germany for example, hornets are a protected species). But unless you step (or sit) on them or destroy their nest, hornets don't attack, and even when they're drunk, they are usually so incapacitated that they are completely harmless (just like your uncle/aunt 😉).
So if you have hornets in your garden, just enjoy watching them and please don't harm them! 🙏 🙏 ❤ ❤
With that being said, I hope you like the photo and wish you all a wonderful weekend! Many greetings from Switzerland, and as always: let me know what you think in the comments 🙏 😊 ❤!
El 2020 nos dejo incendios en Australia, en el Amazonas(Brasil) y Chernobyl, pandemia mundial, plagas de langostas en Africa, avispon asiatico gigante en EEUU, derrame de diesel en un rio cerca del Circulo Polar Artico(Rusia),el deshielo del permafrost, polvo del Sahara en centro America, la explosion de Beirut, una crisis humanitaria y política. Privatizacion del agua por las multinacionales.
-Abandono de las autoridades al respecto a todo lo antes mencionado.
Vamos directos a un colapso global.
"Quiero que escuchen a los científicos. Y quiero que se unan detrás de la ciencia. Y luego quiero que actúen" Greta Thunberg.
2020 left us fires in Australia and the Amazon (Brazil) and Chernobyl, a world pandemic, locust plagues in Africa, a giant Asian hornet in the US, a diesel spill in a river near the Arctic Circle (Russia), the melting of the permafrost, dust from the Sahara in Central America, the explosion in Beirut, a humanitarian and political crisis. Privatization of water by multinationals.
-Abandonment of the authorities regarding all the aforementioned.
We are heading for a global collapse.
"I want them to listen to the scientists. And I want them to unite behind the science. And then I want them to act" Greta Thunberg.
A giant hornet that decided to come in to the studio here and set up camp. I told him there is no food or water so he better get back outside. He didn't listen so I photographed him a few days later. Quite the interesting subject for sure, at least like this, flying around your head inside not so much.. hahah...
Nikon Nikkor 55mm f3.5 Micro AI. @f16.
Nikon Reversal ring and extension tube, camera mounted on a focus rail.
Continuous light, CFL 5000K 92CRI.
No photoshop or AI foolery.
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Volucella zonaria , la mosca voladora imitadora del avispón , es una especie de mosca voladora . Estas moscas son capaces de polinizar por zumbido .
Volucella zonaria, the hornet mimic hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly.These flies are capable of buzz pollination.
Volucella zonaria , la mosca voladora imitadora del avispón , es una especie de mosca voladora . Estas moscas son capaces de polinizar por zumbido .
Volucella zonaria, the hornet mimic hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly.These flies are capable of buzz pollination.
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Die letzte Überlebende des Hornissenvolks im Vogelhäuschen auf unserem Balkon. - The last survivor of the hornets in the birdhouse on our balcony.
Un avispón que se coló en casa, posado sobre un cuadro.
A hornet that flew into our home and landed on a picture on the wall.
Calabrone in una pozza d'acqua...
Avispón en una aguada...
Vespão em um ponto de água...
Frelon européen à un point d'eau...
European hornet worker (Vespa crabro) with open mandibles, trust me not easy to capture such sparse moments (-;
The extreme closeup in the 2nd comment is not a worker, but a hornet queen.
Le frelon asiatique ou frelon à pattes jaunes (Vespa velutina)
Un insecte d'environ 3 cm (contre 2 cm pour le frelon européen), tête noire et visage orangé, thorax noir, abdomen noir avec une large bande orangée, ailes fumées, extrémités des pattes de couleur jaune.
La prolifération des frelons asiatiques en France inquiète car c'est un prédateur qui se nourrit d'autres insectes, notamment l'abeille, indispensable à notre écosystème.
Il peut tuer jusqu'à 70 abeilles par jour.
Une ruche peut être décimée en quelques semaines.
Avispón verde.
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Hoornaar - European hornet (Vespa crabro).
Not feeding on the flower, but tirelessly hunting other insects.
European hornet (Vespa crabro), a queen and a worker.
The enormous queen hornet is nearly 4 cm long, only slightly smaller than a female broad-bodied chaser dragonfly.