A very lucky catch!

[Kobione]

Spending the arvo in the computer room and regularly checking out the bird bath. We have some large insects flying around that we refer to as 'Bumblies', because they hover near you, as if checking you out and then zoom off.They are very hard to catch a shot of. We often see them hovering over or near a water source, but they rarely stay still.

 

I looked out and was lucky enough to see not one, but two!! One already landed, and another coming in: 

 

 

A brief drink and one flew off again, but I did get a few of the remaining one:

 

 

They are Australian Hornets, (Abispa Ephippium), and are solitary and harmless, despite their size!! The only time they can be seen in numbers is when they need water. This was a lucky catch!!

[bugmeister]

They do look a bit threatening, maybe the colours Good to hear they don't mind having a lens thrust at them, and that's a good catch of yours.

 

Yet another fascinating example of wildlife from the other side

[annie]

Wonderful Kobione, they are lovely looking bugs, wish we had them..

[Guest]

nice capture, they look like some nasty bugs

[FUJI]

WOW! Kobione, what a fantastic capture............one that your local newspaper might like to publish?

FUJI

[NannyFerret]

They are so pretty! Great shots, Dee.