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Seen quite a few of these in the garden over the last few weeks. Not sure about wasps, so perhaps someone can tell me if it is a queen looking for food, home a friend lol ... ;0)
Close to 100 F today, this was one of the only animals out and about. Kind of grumpy as well. Brown Acres - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
If it’s.not the wasps it’s the black birds, they are always the first to find ripe fruit, I’m always happy to share !
Wasp wing and business end!
~~ Hit EXPLORE at 166 on 03-30-08 ~~ Highest position: 160 on 04-3-08 ~~
Argiope bruennichi (wasp spider) is a species of orb-web spider distributed throughout central Europe, northern Europe, north Africa, parts of Asia, and the Azores archipelago.[1] Like many other members of the genus Argiope (including St Andrew's Cross spiders), it shows striking yellow and black markings on its abdomen.
There were hundreds of these wasps flying close to the ground with many holes.
This wasp landed, walked around scratching on the sand and found a hole which had been dug previously and covered up. She (i presume) went down the hole pushing dirt out behind her abdomen until she wasn't visible. I presumed she was digging her hole deeper and would push the sand out behind her as she retreated. I did not wait for her to reappear.
The wasps were very flighty and only stopped occasionally to feed on the Verticordia flowers growing above their holes. The buzzing was very audible.
We observed similar two days later in another location.
Sony A9II +90mm f2.8 @ 1/250 f16 iso 320 + Godox TTL fill flash, hand held auto focus, one image @ 30 cm distance.