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Some recent wasp shots from the garden. The first wasp is interesting - I spotted it landing on my miniature pine tree with something in it's jaws and then disappearing inside the "bush". Managed to ambush it a couple of times on it's deliveries but only realised it was gobs of mud in it's jaws when I was processing the photos. I thought that must make it a potter wasp but apparently it's a spider collecting Pompilid wasp, the only species in the UK that builds mud houses.

Brian V.

Pompilid wasp Auplopus carbonarius with mud gobs

Large Ichneumon wasp - Amblyteles sp.

Face the camera

Ichneumon wasp having a clean

Jun 30, 2015 at 05:03 AM

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It's fun to get them building a house or somethinglike that. I especially like 6,something aboutthe color and composition

Mike

Jun 30, 2015 at 12:43 PM

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Brian,

There are a lot of Amblyteles flying now. I caught and freed three yesterday from our open-doored conservatory. They rarely settle for more than seconds.

Harold

Jun 30, 2015 at 01:21 PM

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Thanks Mike and Harold for the comments - appreciated.
Harold - yes tell me about the Amblyteles- they are one of my photography nightmares but I feel obliged to try and capture them.
Brian v.

Jul 01, 2015 at 01:54 AM


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