This amazing photo was taken in France and shows two different types of wasp: the red-banded sand wasp (left) and the cuckoo wasp (right). The photographer was trying to capture the cuckoo wasp but got a bonus with both of them.
I’m not a fan of wasps, but this photo is beautiful and the work it took to get it pretty amazing.
Happy Wednesday. 🙂
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This is extraordinary and scary. I don’t like wasps either.
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I was willing to suspend my dislike to view this wonderful photo!
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Agreed. It’s still a wonderful photo even if you don’t like wasps.
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Yes. 🙂
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Great photo! I’ve never seen wasps that colorful.
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Yes, the photo is amazing! I haven’t either. Ours are usually black and yellow.
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It always amazes me how someone can capture a shot like that. They must be so patient.
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Agreed. I think this photographer was using movement sensors, but still, it’s quite a capture.
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It’s like the wasps would dance in the air! Amazing photo and not easy to get 😊
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No, not easy at all. It’s quite a spectacular capture.
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I have plenty of wasps in the summer, but they’re all drab looking. I’d almost feel guilty breaking out the Raid for that rainbow wasp…
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Right? They are really pretty. I don’t like wasps (ours are black and yellow and huge and aggressive) but these don’t resemble ours much at all.
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Really amazing photo! And wasps are carnivorous and eat other bugs…..including honey bees!
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Yes, it is really quite a capture. I don’t know if these wasp varieties attack honeybees, but if they’re craving mosquitoes, I’m good with that! The name “cuckoo” implies that they are invading the nests of other wasp species.
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Fascinating!
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The colors are stunning!
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Right? I didn’t know that such colourful wasps exist.
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I’ve never heard of a cuckoo wasp before — he’s a pretty guy. Don’t want him anywhere near me though!
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I hadn’t heard of them before, either. And I agree, I don’t want them near me!
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