I caught this one taking a swim in our pool. I helped it on its way, I'm afraid, because I wanted to photograph it. The previous day I had seen one kidnapping a bee from its hive. So I felt its species had it coming.In photo below is same specimen plus a regular wasp.
In photo below I tracked them down to a wall of a cemetery, behind which they were nesting. 
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It's officially the year of the wasp as posted by me last week! They're the worst they've been for a decade apparently.
ReplyDeleteAnd I've had hornets on my raspberries lately :O
My new beekeeping friend Anna has had a colony of bees wiped out by wasps.
ReplyDeleteI have hornets in my wasp trap. Photo to follow.
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Beautiful pictures.
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