Vespula Mugs

Most people aren't huge fans of your regular wasp, but they haven't met the Vespula Machina yet! You better not piss this mechanized techno soldier off...

Prairie Yellowjacket -Vespula atropilosa

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Extreme macro shot (micrograph) of a wasp (Vespula sp.) with fluorescent eyes, in visible and ultraviolet light

Extreme macro shot (micrograph) of a wasp (Vespula sp.) head

Extreme macro shot (micrograph) of a wasp (Vespula sp.) head

Wasps get bad press, a bad rep and a bad rap..! We hardly take a moment to sit and think about just how amazin' and talented these little creatures are and *'what they do for our ecosystem'* - that allows us to survive and flourish... Whilst in the field I spend time to sit and study wasps and see them go by their day to day activities and I noticed that this one wasp would keep coming back to the same woody spot... under closer examination it seemed to be that he would work around in a pattern and seemed to be foraging on the woody bark of the tree... At home doing some research it seemed that there seems to be ambiguity as to the essential role of wasps and from my observations - I am more inclined to believe that wasps do inde...

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