Gem on White, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5391
Emerald wasps are incredibly pretty with their amazing colours, but the name irks me. Why call them emerald wasps when they have so many other colours than just emerald green. And things don't get better in Swedish either, quite the contrary. Here, an emerald wasp is called a "guldstekel" - ie a "gold wasp". What? Does anybody think of gold when they see this?
Either way, here's a small emerald wasp (Chrysis angustula - ID by AlxndrBrg) getting lost in the tasty birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia).
Gem on White, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5391
Emerald wasps are incredibly pretty with their amazing colours, but the name irks me. Why call them emerald wasps when they have so many other colours than just emerald green. And things don't get better in Swedish either, quite the contrary. Here, an emerald wasp is called a "guldstekel" - ie a "gold wasp". What? Does anybody think of gold when they see this?
Either way, here's a small emerald wasp (Chrysis angustula - ID by AlxndrBrg) getting lost in the tasty birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia).