Wasps, love 'em or loathe 'em....

[Paul]

Wasps. Most people don't like them but they can prove useful. Not too sure what this one was planning, but it did grab hold of a dandelion seed. To be honest, at first I thought it had maybe been bitten by a spider and had web on it, but on close examination, it was the said seed. Anyhow, either way, I think it was possibly dying as the wasp was rather lethargic, and reasonably co-operative! 

 

[Paul]

 

 

Paul.

[Brian]

Very nice study of a potentially nasty beast. I've had any number of these and bees down the front of my shirt/jacket on the push bike and motorbike, to the extent that I now have quite a severe allergy to stings. So if it was dying, my heart bleeds for it.

[annie]

I love a waspie picture Paul, and these are great.

[colinb]

Wasps. Most people don't like them but they can prove useful. 

 

 

ooh now they are close  ...A wasp is a clean insect and to be honest I would much rather have a wasp land on my jam sandwich than a fly!

[Paul]

Thanks folks.

 

Rachel has been stung twice (hates them) and the wife always screams at them (hates them). Me? I just get the camera if I can...  

 

Paul.

[FUJI]

I read, and heard very recently, that the world insect population has halved.......this is potentially an extremely dangerous thing because all are pollinators, so critical for all the plants, plus being part of the food chain as far as birds, small reptiles and rodents are concerned......so, no matter whether they could sting, bite or contaminate us, they are as important for the continuation of we humans.

Wasps, if left alone are pretty innocous, the worst thing to do if there are more than one, is to rush about waving arms and shouting because wasps release defence pheremones that incite others to join in......unlike Bees, wasps can sting as often as they like.

I know this only too well......because one fell down the open collar of my shirt in a cinema once, by the time I danced my way up to the loos, to remove it, I had stings from my neck all the way down from my neck to my ankle......the pain and discomfort afterwards were unbearable.

I still dont kill wasps, but treat them with quiet caution and respect.

Its only milky water that I don't like ;-)

One eyed FUJI

[Paul]

The bio-diversity of the planet is key to all life subsisting and as such, everything really should be allowed to live its natural life.

 

But we humans kill more than we would ever care to admit...

 

 

Paul.

[NannyFerret]

I sit right by the lavender bush in our garden and could watch them for hours while they are busy at work.

[Paul]

I watch them, but I'm not averse to the odd swat if needed... as much as I like insects!

 

Paul.

[NannyFerret]

I never swat them, as when I have been stung, it has always been because someone else swatted them.

[Kobione]

Fantastic close up pictures, Paul. I don't swat, unless I have to!!

[Paul]

Thanks Dee.

 

I actually quite like these despite it being a wasp!

 

Paul.