Wasp Butt Up Close
May 21, 2020 22:55:37 #
For anyone who has ever dealt with the "business end" of a wasp, here's what it looks like up close. When you do a 'double download' you can see the stinger of the little bugger which is what I wanted to share.
The other thing that I found interesting is how its abdomen is segmented and I can envision how the plates fold and expand so that it can "scrunch its butt" as it dig its stinger into someone.
Well, no need to worry about this one any longer.
The other thing that I found interesting is how its abdomen is segmented and I can envision how the plates fold and expand so that it can "scrunch its butt" as it dig its stinger into someone.
Well, no need to worry about this one any longer.
May 21, 2020 23:18:25 #
May 21, 2020 23:48:06 #
HOT Texas wrote:
Wow, Great shot!!!! 
Looks like it's ready to bite your a$$$ 
Looks like it's ready to bite your a$$$ Thanks, I have no hesitation in dispatching the wasps that try to run me out of my home and this was one of them. Strangely, I can walk the fields for hours and they pay no attention to me. At home when I walk out the door they want to buzz-bomb me.
I placed a piece of cloud patterned paper behind the wasp because I wanted the black to show up and I knew that a black background may not have worked as well.
May 22, 2020 08:22:41 #
As you have said before Gary, it's surprising where you find setae. I would have expected to see this looking like armor. You really bring the unseen to light my friend. Great shot.
-Doc
-Doc
May 22, 2020 09:09:08 #
docshark wrote:
As you have said before Gary, it's surprising where you find setae. I would have expected to see this looking like armor. You really bring the unseen to light my friend. Great shot.
-Doc
-Doc
Thanks, Doc. I truly appreciate your replies.
May 22, 2020 10:59:23 #
May 22, 2020 12:11:59 #
sundar wrote:
Wow ! Great shot showing the 'stinger' !! 
Thanks, I can say with experience that it is far better to see it than to feel it.
May 22, 2020 13:25:17 #
May 22, 2020 14:35:03 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Fantastic.
Mike
Mike
Thanks, Mike. Looking for alternate views of some of the common subjects.
May 22, 2020 18:35:51 #
May 23, 2020 10:21:50 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Ouch! Amazing shot, Sippy!!
Thanks, Donna. The next time a wasp buzzes by you will know what their business end is like.
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