A nice wasp for those of you who hate spiders.

Haze

Haze

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This was pretty tricky to get pics of as the wasp either flew off or was moving to quickly to get a good shot.

It was good to see something I've seen on the natural history shows a few times but never with my own eyes.
It was obvioulsy not too great for the spider but it's always amazing to see nature in action. Weather it's the
big cats, predatory fish or the little guys like this there is something special about having the privilege to view it first hand :):thumbup:

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Nice pics!

Thanks for sharing them with us.
 
i've saw the same several times
understand the wasp lay eggs in wasp so babies have a meal when they hatch.spiders do'nt have a chance unless wasp is caught in web
in web the spider always win.
the wasp we witness in this action is known as a dirt dobber
dirt dobbers fly close to your face but none of us have ever been stung by one.the real meanies in austin area are the yellow jackets & mr. terrible {hornet].
 
There is not exactly a shortage of wasps at my house but you don't see the big ones like the big mud wasps or those digger wasps too often.

These blue/green ones swarm at the front of my house near dusk and seem to really love that bit of rope :p
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These are more "traditional" wasps and I have found 6 of these nests this year in the fruit trees around my house.
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Is that a longan berry tree? We have the paper wasp here also. I keep them down with my pellet gun. Shoot at night, they are helpless after dark. I do not like to spray, just down them and squish. I have a son who is allergic to air, carry an epipen for him. A sting could be fatal. Those flying knives do not bother me, but I cannot take chances. Also, it is a great excuse to shoot something down off the eaves.
 
I'm not sure what that tree is called in English but it's some sort of lychee tree, the
fruit are just like small lychees and taste just like lychees too oddly enough :p:thumbup:

Edit: That tree/fruit is/are "longan" that pretty much means "dragon eye" in English.
 
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Yes, Lychee is what they are called here. Thanks, getting rusty on my fruit trees. The asian's buy alot of nursery stock here in USA. They are the best market for landscape fruit trees. Chinese new year is all about the kumquat tree loaded with orange fruit. Some other round eye said how strange it was that the chinese bought kumquat trees in late January. I then asked him, "How strange is it that you buy a dead pine/fir tree and put it in your house in December?":p He did not have an answer to that.

I think I cultured him a bit. With a little age, comes a little wisdom, even for a dummy like me.

Thanks for the arbor lesson.
 
Haze check this one out ( I posted a while back but what the heck, I love bugs:D)

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That's some quality waspage right there :D:thumbup:

The big huge mud wasps over here never sit still long enough for me to get a pic :grumpy:
 
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