#WASP

[alcnfr]

An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons), with or without some Western Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), at the nectar feeder thia morning.

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[cristaformanimations]

These mf’ers came to me in a dream

[michaelnordeman]

A wasp, presumably a Box-Headed Mason Wasp/hallongeting/ Gymnomerus laevipes. Värmland, Sweden (June 20, 2025).

[chaosspelledwrong]

for stupid iterator names, thirty-seven angry bees

now that’s what I’m TALKIN about !!!

[pumpkinpenguin]

bugs when you lift a rock. they look like a traffic light 🚦 traffic light tr- (i am shot immediately and sent to a prison dimension)

also this

[jupiterswasphouse]

[VIDEO AND PHOTOS TAKEN: MAY 5TH, 2025 | Video and Image IDs: A video and six photos of a red and black female carolina red paper wasp perching on a leaf holding a ball of water in her mandibles, with it at various stages of dripping out /End IDs.]

Her water ball!!! :]

[revretch]

It's funny whenever people learn about parasitoid wasps, and then are relieved that they don't go after humans. Meanwhile, the screwworm fly just like

(Photo credit: Judy Gallagher/Flickr, CC BY 2.0)

[grayv393]

Poor guy got trapped inside

[driver270]

Wasp VS Bee II

[mossylemon]

Girlypop what are you doing in there, that's a Leaf-Curling Spider (Zygiellinae) house. That's not FOR you.

Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288991133

[alexmey-does-an-arts]

glimpse into my beautiful imaginary world where arthropods are really big and we domesticated them

edit: people are starting to say some "my worst nightmare" or "eeeww no that one is yucky and scary" comments on this like they do on any bug post and id like to say. it's fine if you don't like bugs it's fine if you're scared of bugs but don't put that on MY post clearly talking about how much i like them and how cute i think they are. you can make your own damn post about how much you hate wasps or spiders or whatever. i'm blocking people who make these kinds of comments.

[chequerootlurks]

A gentle Yellow-Legged Mud Dauber Wasp. I found her* caught inside, so I brought her out.

These guys feed on pollen as adults, but their larvae need protein. They make mud tubes as nests for their babies, and put spiders inside as food.

Here’s more info on these helpful bugs for the interested: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121821-Sceliphron-caementarium

*pretty sure they’re a “she” based on antenna and abdomen shape.

[cuckooclouds]

Was compelled to make this during a conversation about commonly disliked bugs

[ratbugs]

they say they love insects but they hate wasps and mosquitoes