Saw the first paper #wasp queen claiming one of the #WaspHouse-s this afternoon in our #communityGarden plot—#GardenPlot14! 🥰 *made my day*

I believe they inherit the memory of their ancestors’ unsuccessful nest building in our plastic garden tool storage bench, and of the failed nest having been moved to the wooden wasp house nearby.

This wasp queen was hovering near the tool bench before deciding to go into the wasp house. They can learn, but it seems to take a few generations. 🏠🐝✨

Ruby-tailed Cuckoo Wasp (Complex Chrysis ignita)

#Wasp #Hymenoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Wasps #Insect #Insects #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Ruby-tailed Cuckoo Wasp (Complex Chrysis ignita)

#Wasp #Hymenoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Wasps #Insect #Insects #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

"If you go down to the woods today, you'll be sure of a big surprise"

Wasp on currant flowers

#agroforestry #permaculture #forestgardening #fruit #currant #bloomscrolling #blossom #flowers #insect #wasp

"How the hell am I going to eat THAT?"

#nature #spider #wasp #dinnerisserved #macro

Dear #Friends of the #Deep State,

As you may know:

1) Deep state of #meditation that is.

2) As someone who has done a few Zen rounds of the bull herding sequence. I know inner happiness is the anti-turkey (uSa) users best optional
https://ordinaryzensangha.org/ten-oxherding-pictures/

3) Obviously the #Mad as Lady MAGA brigade of the 'War is #Peace' contingent will continue their worship of #WASP. #Bless their ignorance.

Anyway I am off to read some of your better #thinking (always there reflecting back...)

Diese Königin der Sächsischen Wespe (Dolichovespula saxonica) gehört zu den Langkopfwespen. Eine kronenartige schwarze Zeichnung auf dem Kopfschild (Clypeus) ist meist typisch für die Art. Sie gehört zu den frühesten Wespenarten, die Bilder stammen vom 03.04.

#insekten #insects #wespen #wespe #natur #nature #Faltenwespen #Vespidae #wasp

🦋☹️

Survey shows significant decline in New Zealand's butterflies https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/591601/survey-shows-significant-decline-in-new-zealand-s-butterflies

#butterflies #butterfly #nz #decline #wasp

Polistes on saxifraga ardensii

#wasp #guêpe #garden #jardin #saxifraga