Yellow Jacket Wasp
Hunting season pretty much means I’m staying the jello out of the woods, meadows or anywhere else I might be mistaken for a deer. You can’t be too safe but I hold the line at moving into the basement because someone might mistake the house for a buck because it has an antenna on it. No kidding.
Rummaging the photo album will have to do for a while. These images of a yellow jacket wasp are from Sept. 26.
I don’t remember if it was chilly out or not but the wasp did act sluggish. I normally wouldn’t stick my camera in a Yellow Jacket’s face having fully experienced their pleasent disposition before.
They form a tight social group, wear colors, are easy to anger and aggressivly defend their turf.
They’re like an inner city gang in some ways.
Images are linked to a larger size (1024 x 768) for a closer look. They’re suitable to use as personal desktop backgrounds if you like.
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November 6th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
I was attacked by a swarm of these this summer. Not my finest moment. Yours looks so pleasant, nice to see after my lovely experience.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
They may be mean but you got some great pictures. I’ve had two encounters with wasps this year myself. One wasp surprised me by looking back at me while seeming very offended by my presence. I was surprised that it reacted in such a familiar way. I was also attacked by a swarm of wasps that had a nest on the corner of a shed of mine. I was lucky to get away without a sting.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
I was attacked by these nasty little things one time and got a bad infection in my leg. I almost had to be hospitalized. They are not good little things to “play” with because you never know what their last meal was…)-: Good pictures though(-: Glad you are staying safe in the house.(-:
November 7th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Yes these are really good close ups! A few weeks ago my helper got stung by a yellow jacket while painting boards on a saw horse. I think he over reacted to them causing it to sting him.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:23 am
They are certainly pretty! Your pictures are GOOD! I hear what you are saying about hunters. I remember a story about a farmer who painted his cow like a zebra for that particular purpose – to let hunters know that it was not a buck! They shoot it anyway.
November 7th, 2009 at 11:26 am
They have a cool proboscis!
November 7th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
You have a friendly wasp, or sluggish instead, wasp.
I used to paralyse my dragonflies by switching on the flash. I think you might have done so.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
My, you must have a steady hand, under the circumstances. The photo captures each little waspy whisker.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Holy cow! -Just when I think your pictures can’t get any better, there you go… the wasp, ghost flowers -awesome.
November 17th, 2009 at 1:54 am
ok, I am in love with your pictures, especially because i love taking pictures of bees and their relatives, but i can never get the whole bee/insect focused, only parts of it usually, but that might be because i just use a normal little camera. I am so impressed!
November 27th, 2009 at 8:15 am
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December 7th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Love the pics and narrative. My wife says we all take bee and wasp pics. yours are great. like the hosta pics from prior posts. Do you have any ligularia?
jim