photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
John Vass | all galleries >> Galleries >> My Backyard > Fresh Wasps
previous | next
09-JUL-2017

Fresh Wasps

Every summer the wasps try to nest in the door gap of a pickup truck parked out back.
Usually they fail because I take out the nest before anything happens, but not this year.
I spotted these newly emerged wasps testing out their wings and getting oriented to their new world!
Soon they’ll be working to expand the nest and helping with brood.

Olympus TG-850
1/250s f/5.2 at 8.7mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large auto
comment
Pawel Kazmierczyk27-Sep-2017 16:04
it must have been an exciting summer with all these wasps... great photo
larose forest photos03-Aug-2017 23:27
I have these guys, Polistes dominula, nesting over the front door. They don't bother me, and I don't bother them. They are not aggressive, and really, you have to really aggravate them to get them to sting! V
1moremile15-Jul-2017 18:41
Great job on getting the details. They look like candy. V.
Marcia Rules13-Jul-2017 02:15
eek! Not one of my favorite creatures :(
Walter Otto Koenig12-Jul-2017 21:44
Really like the details and markings. Fascinating to see them together like this. "V"
Gill Kopy12-Jul-2017 04:51
The patterns on their bodies is amazing - so intricate. Great macro. Next year you'll have lots more :) V
globalgadabout11-Jul-2017 23:54
commendable clarity John, and such lively subjects..
Neil Marcus11-Jul-2017 19:06
They are pretty. something i never noticed when they were flying around me. "V"