Mastodawn

Because the world is stupid it needs more normal. Normal like this wasps nest with it's busy workers.

#insects #wasps #socialinsects #worldisstupid

Takako 🐀7h ago

Watch how my flowerbed paperWasps drink from the birdbath! Look how she twerks her abdomen-butt! 🐝🍑✨💓👀😂 https://loops.video/v/aiWmwSNjfh

#pollinators #wasps #loops

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Ryan Hodnett 13h ago

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

Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed 1d ago

After the Pentatoma rufipes shieldbug earlier, I remembered I'd identified an ichneumon wasp as a possible female Pimpla rufipes - I think the latter part means 'red legs' or similar? Justifying the never-before-uttered phrase: a panoply of rufipes.

(Second shot - *maybe* a male of that species in flight. Maybe.)

https://www.naturespot.org/species/pimpla-rufipes

#Derbyshire #insects #wasps #macrophotography #rufipeses

dillyd 2d ago

I'm not sure about the ID on this maybe-wasp, but while trying to learn about it, found a really fun page, well written by an actual human, about wasps. It's US-centric, be warned.
#wasps
https://gardenbetty.com/wasps/

David John Crook 2d ago

I have been stung by a wasp today. There are a lot about, but they have been amiable until today. I was not that close to a nest, but it was clearly attack day.
#wasps

「ʀᴏʙᴇʀᴛ」2d ago

#insects #insecten #butterflies #vlinders #wasps #wespen #nature #natuur #nederlandsenatuur #vlindersinnederland

michael 2d ago

#wasps are back in our #garden too. We had none at all last summer (although lots of pears) which spooked me so much I wrote a feature about them. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/20/uk-wasp-numbers-soar-after-unusually-warm-and-dry-spring

last year's feature (will be on open access from Sept 9): https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-silent-summer.html

#science #ecology #insects

UK wasp numbers soar after unusually warm and dry spring

The scourges of picnics have arrived early and in greater numbers amid ideal conditions for colonies to thrive

The Guardian

Laura Scrimshaw 3d ago

Great Black Wasp
These are among my favourite insects. What's not to love? They're beautiful- just look at those iridescent wings! They're wonderful pollinators, flying elegantly from flower to flower, drinking nectar. They are solo acts- no hive mentality here. And though they can sting you, they won't- unless you really deserve it!
#natgeo #natgeonature #arthropod #insekt #arthropod #wasps #greatblackwasp #nature #wildlife #insects #macrophotography #macro #butterflyphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro_brilliance #insectphotography #macrofotografie

Cascade Pine 3d ago

Wasp-waisted wasp… possibly an Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp? Certainly looks elegant.

#insects #wasps #hymenoptera #macroPhotography