"Epic" wasp battle
Oct 27, 2016 12:54:07 #
This is my first picture post at UHH.
Here are a few pictures of a fight sequence between two rival yellow jackets. The story is that we had a number of wind-fallen apples in our yard, and these were nibbled on by squirrels. This attracted insects, and among them were a number of our local yellow jacket species which is aptly named the downy yellow jacket (Vespula flavopilosa). They generally got along with each other, but not these two for some reason. No harm was done, so the fight was really pretty ritualized.
Here are a few pictures of a fight sequence between two rival yellow jackets. The story is that we had a number of wind-fallen apples in our yard, and these were nibbled on by squirrels. This attracted insects, and among them were a number of our local yellow jacket species which is aptly named the downy yellow jacket (Vespula flavopilosa). They generally got along with each other, but not these two for some reason. No harm was done, so the fight was really pretty ritualized.
Oct 27, 2016 13:07:51 #
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Oct 27, 2016 14:04:12 #
Good start. You might want to use the "save original" button so that we can download your pics. Thanks for posting.
Oct 27, 2016 14:19:46 #
Excellent series! Tell us a bit about your field macro set-up.
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Oct 27, 2016 15:14:08 #
Ok! here you go. I hope I do this right.
As for equipment, at the time it was pretty basic. A Canon T5i body with what I think was my olde Canon 50 mm 1:1.8. To this I had some inexpensive extension tubes. I used a Neweer flash head and conical diffuser (I forget the exact brand, certainly nothing fancy). It was fun lying on my stomach, watching the drama over a bunch of old, fermenting apples.
As for equipment, at the time it was pretty basic. A Canon T5i body with what I think was my olde Canon 50 mm 1:1.8. To this I had some inexpensive extension tubes. I used a Neweer flash head and conical diffuser (I forget the exact brand, certainly nothing fancy). It was fun lying on my stomach, watching the drama over a bunch of old, fermenting apples.
Oct 27, 2016 15:27:28 #
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