Wasps Our Yard 7-14-2023 (Page 2): Tim here. I get I’m as close as the lens will allow. I focus by moving towards and away from the wasp, in this case. Min focus distance is 10 feet.

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

SX2002 wrote:

Great set Gary, the quality is excellent for a lon... (show quote)

Tim here. I get I’m as close as the lens will allow. I focus by moving towards and away from the wasp, in this case. Min focus distance is 10 feet.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Sinewsworn wrote:

While checking the puddle I noted some wasps buzzing around. I had my D500 with 500pF attached, so I managed a few snaps.

Bright, warm day.

I have a headache from trying to ID these guys. Mason Wasps, and a Mud Dauber, I think. Note the mandibles on these guys...

Download and enjoy!

Great set!!! Timothy

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Wow, amazing set of images, Tim. The downloads are beautiful.

tcthome Loc: NJ

In flight, you da man! do you use manual focus?

nikon_jon Loc: Northeast Arkansas

It looks like a variety of cicada killer wasp. A rather benign creature that does in fact sting and paralyze cicadas to lay their eggs on. They are ground dwelling solitary wasps. In spite of their fearsome appearance, they have seldom been known to sting. Check reference in Wikipedia.

The one with the long narrow waist would be some sort of mud dauber. The major physical difference between the wasps and the mud daubers is that long spindly waist between the abdomen and the thorax. Mud daubers are pretty benign, although I have been stung by one. It takes a lot of provocation to bring that about and the sting isn't nearly as painful as a wasp. The mud dauber, by the way, is a variety of wasp. The main diet of both is spiders. If you find a mud dauber's nest that has been finished and sealed up and break it open you will find cells, each filled with a spider in a coma and with an egg attached to it.

randave2001 Loc: Richmond

Well done!!

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

Manglesphoto wrote:

Great set!!! Timothy

Thanx!

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

joehel2 wrote:

Wow, amazing set of images, Tim. The downloads are beautiful.

Thanx! Striving for perfection!

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

tcthome wrote:

In flight, you da man! do you use manual focus?

Thanx! Yes as the AF does not always keep up with the subject.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Sinewsworn wrote:

While checking the puddle I noted some wasps buzzing around. I had my D500 with 500pF attached, so I managed a few snaps.

Bright, warm day.

I have a headache from trying to ID these guys. Mason Wasps, and a Mud Dauber, I think. Note the mandibles on these guys...

Download and enjoy!

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

nikon_jon wrote:

It looks like a variety of cicada killer wasp. A r... (show quote)

Thanx for the info. The differences between wasps makes ID difficult for me. Yellow face, black face, how much black and so on. Fun captures though. I caught a Thread-waisted Wasp last year. Interesting critter. Dropped a stone on something I could not see.

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

randave2001 wrote:

Well done!!

Thanx!

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Tim, these are fantastic images of living wasps. The yellow and black one is a non-aggressive European paper wasp. The other wasp is a species of mud dauber.

artesdecobo

Sinewsworn wrote:

While checking the puddle I noted some wasps buzzing around. I had my D500 with 500pF attached, so I managed a few snaps.

Bright, warm day.

I have a headache from trying to ID these guys. Mason Wasps, and a Mud Dauber, I think. Note the mandibles on these guys...

Download and enjoy!

These are fantastic, Tim. Great work.

Bubba

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Excellent series, Tim.