Field Digger Wasps (Mellinus arvensis) in our Staffordshire garden. There have been loads of males around for a while, but this is the first female I've seen. The males spotted her too.

Every year I try to get good shots of the females catching flies. I have a mental image of the shot I want, but have never quite got it. Their sting paralyses the flies and they are then used to provision the wasp's brood chambers. The wasps nest in the ground.

Low tide on Selitz Bay Oregon

While I liked the color version of "Digger" which I posted recently I was tempted to do a B&W version after coming across the Damien Lovegrove method for converting color images to monochrome. fujilove.com/rafs-to-mono-with-impact-and-style/ It's an interesting approach and I think this image does "Digger" justice.

this little dog was very busy digging out a mouse hole.

He had disappeared with his whole head and the sand was flying through the area.

Fun to watch!

France; Brenne, Lignac 3/7/17.

Born and raised in Pernik, this guy was a miner all his life.

These metal sculptures of the “root diggers” can be seen next to Highway 155 in Washington State. They were made by a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, Virgil “Smoker” Marchand.

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Mr.Squirrel,hiding Nuts for Winter Season.

A female Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis) at the entrance to her nest burrow in our Staffordshire garden.

from Macauleys Headland

A large "development" of modern houses and apartments on the outskirts of town. Not as ugly as many but still a very strong "could be bloody anywhere" vibe.

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Seemed to be doing some exercises on the end of this leaf -

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Digger at Moore Park, Sydney, NSW

inspired by

15th Century English Farming Abstract Art This image presents an abstract view of 15th-century English farming, focusing on stylized diggers and the earth. It features complementary colors and fine details in a vibrant mosaic-like texture. Created by Diney on Oct 21, 2025 using the HiDream I1 Dev AI image generator model.

(The original Diggers were a radical group of agrarian communists in England who emerged in 1649, following the execution of King Charles I. Led by Gerrard Winstanley and William Everard, they attempted to cultivate common land as a "common treasury for all" and create egalitarian rural communities, believing that the earth was for everyone and that private property and class hierarchy were wrong. Harassed by local landowners and authorities, the Diggers were dispersed by early 1650.)

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My brother's dog

English Springer Spaniel

Engelse springerspaniël

Diggers Creek, Kosciuszko National Park NSW

Spain; El Carmoli, Murcia 25/5/22

Perched up high and dominating things.

Cosmic Symbol (Smena) camera

Kentmere 400 film

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Anthophora sp.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

This type of bee had a weird kind of wobble when it hovered, it sort of rocked from side to side; here you can see how much its big proboscis wobbled in 1/80th of a second

blue banded digger bee (amegilla cingulata)

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This one dropped by today! I'm not sure of ID so please feel free to help out! ;0)

Taken in my garden UK - Surrey

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Part of a driveway renovation down the street. Not too good at playing hide and seek. :)

These solitary bees are important pollinators in the southwestern U.S. I took this shot in the Mr. Baldy Wilderness Area in AZ at about 9000'.

Angles are sharply enhanced by a sweeping nine frame multiple exposure, as captured in a Pembrokeshire farm yard.

Hand-held & polarised. Heaps of added contrast & saturation to add to the in-camera increase in contrast and saturation. There's a pattern emerging... HSS! ;-)

Plenty more at Pelcomb Portraits.

Digger Squirrels - lesson time

This abandoned mini digger is now stuck between trees, not sure how long its been here.

During our recent week at Diggers Camp, on the northern NSW coast, we didn't have many colourful sunrises due to the weather but this was one of them.

Tirano, Italy.

Female Mellinus arvensis digger wasp removing a lump of soil from near the entrance to her nest burrow. There's lots of nesting activity in our Staffordshire garden at the moment.