Like me, the wasp was just enjoying the nice day. After I first spotted him, he even waited for me to go inside to get a camera. Usually insects aren’t this obliging. But this one wasn’t sampling pollen. He was just quietly sitting on a leaf. However he did turn his head to watch me as I moved around trying to frame different angles. That made me a little uneasy. Luckily, he was non aggressive.

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Monday US COVID News

• “Tensions have built up between the task force’s newest member, Atlas, a neuroradiologist WITHOUT a background in infectious disease or public health, and some of the other members since he joined the group in August. Atlas espouses many of President Donald Trump’s unscientific views regarding the coronavirus, including a reluctance to enforce mask use.”
CNN


• “The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has grown increasingly concerned that President Donald Trump, pushed by a new member of his coronavirus task force, is sharing incorrect information about the pandemic with the public. Dr. Robert Redfield, who leads the CDC, suggested in a conversation with a colleague Friday that Dr. Scott Atlas is arming Trump with misleading data about a range of issues, including questioning the efficacy of masks, whether young people are susceptible to the virus and the potential benefits of herd immunity.”
NBC News


• “Covid-19 has killed 1 million people worldwide. Experts fear the toll may double before a vaccine is ready”
CNN


• “Virus rises in the Heartland; home to anti-mask feelings. In the Midwest, the virus is now landing squarely in places where there is strong resistance to masks and governors have been reluctant to require face coverings.”
KMBC News

• “Missouri on reported a record number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services the highest number the state has logged throughout the pandemic.”
St Louis Post Dispatch

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The news from the outside world may not be good, but I still had another good day at home. Because I have no control over the former, I feel fortunate to be able to say the later.

The temperature today was a little cooler than it has been, but the weather was sunny and quite pleasant. It was a good day to be outside to enjoy a bit of Nature. Because these days will soon be gone, I’m enjoying every moment of the warm, early fall days & all things associated to them. Again, I can’t put an ID to the wasp I photographed today. I’ve never really noticed one like him before. At first the magenta red color was a bit intimidating, But then, I found him intriguing. He was quite unique. The lighting could have been better for doing photography. Fortunately, getting in close for a macro worked.