Waspy Builder
18th April 2020
At first I thought a couple of rather large wasps were sunning themselves on the garden fence. I realised after a short while they were of course queen wasps and were actually very busy.
Time after time they would settle on the fence before flying off to return a short time later.
Getting close enough to the with my macro lens and putting something between them and my face was a little daunting but also reassuring that I was reasonably protected. However, by zooming in on them I realised there were chewing on fine splinters of wood, mashing between their powerful jaws to turn it into pulp from which they will build their new hives.
Despite numerous attempts to see where they were flying off after each wood pulp collecting mission I am not totally reassured at how close they have decided to build their new colony..I am hoping I am not about to have two lots of invited neighbours moving in this summer.
Time after time they would settle on the fence before flying off to return a short time later.
Getting close enough to the with my macro lens and putting something between them and my face was a little daunting but also reassuring that I was reasonably protected. However, by zooming in on them I realised there were chewing on fine splinters of wood, mashing between their powerful jaws to turn it into pulp from which they will build their new hives.
Despite numerous attempts to see where they were flying off after each wood pulp collecting mission I am not totally reassured at how close they have decided to build their new colony..I am hoping I am not about to have two lots of invited neighbours moving in this summer.