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Here's how I'm going to admin my own photos. I'll add a new photo to the top of my stream, and leave it there until it accumulates 100 views. That usually takes a few hours. Then I'll add another new one to the top...etc.
Previously I've been trying to leave a photo there until it receives 10 comments or so, but that's not working out too well. Plus, I've been shooting so promiscuously that there have been thousands of new photos added to my pending folders.
Groups are the places for photos to be seen, so my emphasis goes there. Of course I'll still comment on photos, and of course 'awards' will be preferentially given to those few of my contacts who are active in groups.
"Pompilid Wasp"
Larvae feed on spiders.
On a California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
Mission Trails Regional Park, San Diego, CA
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An old tree trunk, right by the path at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, is being taken over by these wasps.
They've made big holes and created lots of sawdust.
Please take care walking by.
Wasp ID unknown?
Part of a football size wasp nest I discovered in an under the roof storage area, off my bedroom. Managed to dispose of it without being stung thanks to "Raid"! - big relief when it was all finally taken out of the house today.
Construction is an amazing example of insect architecture, best viewed large.
This wasp looked slightly different to our common wasp & wondered if it was Vespula Germanica but having looked through lots of pictures on the webb I feel it must be a common wasp with slightly different markings
Mitt bidrag till veckans Fotosöndag med tema /My contirbution to this week on Photosunday on the theme Insekt/Insect
There were masses of wasps buzzing round these ivy flowers and berries. This one appears to have some small creature between its mandibles - you can see its legs sticking out.
Build Time: 10 Hours
Wasp is a continuation of my study in Brick-Built figures of the Superhuman variety; with here being an emphasis on form. I was really trying to achieve graceful movement, which I think was especially well done in the arms.
Again here, like Wonder Woman, I'm not satisfied with the head--which is just an orb with no face. It's far more challenging to create successful female faces at this scale, and I've only done one successfully thus far (but it's hush hush on that for now). Male heads however...damn, you'll be shocked next year folks. Just saying. It has to do with the fact that female Brick-faces need to be rounded as opposed to squared, which works for males--but rounded is far more challenging at this size. Wasp's scale is also ironically slightly larger that what I want (her legs seem overly long in person, not so much in this image).
Also the obvious part usage is very obvious; but those wings were screaming for someone to do this!
Fancy meeting here
Haven't seen you since last year
How have you been, dear?
Note: Sawflies are more like wasps, and have two pairs of wings. Flies, on the other hand, only have one pair of wings.
In 1922 the first wasp spider (Argiope bruennechi) to be seen wild in England was found at Rye in East Sussex. These brightly coloured spiders are common in Continental Europe where they enjoy the warm weather they need to feed and lay their eggs. Over the next few decades wasp spiders spread, becoming locally common in counties along the south coast of England where average temperatures are higher. More recently they’ve been recorded in inland areas, especially in south and southeast England, and some have even reached as far north as Shropshire and Derbyshire.
The Wasp Spider is an orb-web spider. The female wasp spider has yellow, black and white stripes, just like a common wasp. Its legs are also stripy. The male is smaller and pale brown. The size difference between the male and female Wasp Spider (4.5mm vs 15-17mm) generally allows the male to enter the female's orb without being recognised as a prey item. However, this doesn't necessarily help the males as the majority are eaten during copulation. They'll generally wait until the female undergoes her final moult and reaches sexual maturity - at which point her jaws will be softer - though this is no guarantee of survival success.
A Wasp spider / (Argiope bruennichi) in its habitat!
This is a HDR sequence of 3 photos taken with a tripod!
Please take a look at the video below
Sony A6000 and the Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye Lens at its closest focus.
Later in the summer wasps pick up a little steam flying in a frenzied pattern. While at the same time they require a rest period. This one is on a time-out and moving slow.
A mean looking insect they are.
This was a bit of a lens/camera/macro experiment.
70-300mm lens @ 145mm, ISO 200, 1/320 second, Raynox 150, with on camera flash (no diffuser), Nikon D7100.
Editing with Lightroom, Topaz and LAB Color Space.
this Mud dauber wasp appears to be using her legs to clean her abdomen....about 21/22mm long
In my garden.
Wasp spiders seem to be increasing in southern England, and like our other orb web weavers they have an annoying habit of being on the wrong side of the web. Still makes an interesting pic though - and one for BBB Thursday!
A very smart mason wasp. Male mason wasps have these rather splendid curly antennae.
Dolgoch Quarry NR, Shropshire.
wasp attracted to the water in a bird bath during the recent heatwave.
I sat outside early one morning and became aware of this little wasp taking water from the dish. I sat for quite a while watching him go in and out of the waters edge.
A lovely walk, but my camera was not working well. The shutter button wasn't engaging well. I only took about 150 photos and most were out of focus. I have ordered a replacement tonight.
Cannock Chase Staffordshire UK 30th July 2024
Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris).
The accidentally introduced Common Wasp became established in the 1970s and is now common throughout New Zealand. It has become a major pest problem, particularly in the South Island where it has invaded native beech forests competing with native birds and insects for energy-rich honeydew.
This Eryngium (Sea Holly) seemed very popular with the wasps and some large flies, at Arley Hall gardens.
Empilhamento de foco resultado de 30 fotografias tiradas com a lente do kit 18 55mm invertida em aproximadamente 24 mm e foram combinadas posteriormente com o programa Combine ZP.