Wasp

Great find and what s tunning details !!

Cheers Jaap..........much appreciated.

I think you're right with the identification Keith. I used to hate them until I learned more about wasps, and how ecologically important they are. You have focused beautifully on the wasp and water. The detail is superb.

Thanks Rosa.............thanks for the confirmation. They're new to me and quite lovely. I don't think they're nesting in the garden.........we've looked...........but they commonly nest underground, so we might not have seen a nest. We often see around half a dozen at a time mainly around the bird baths morning and evening.

Glad you like the photo............as always your comments are very kind.

Great capture of this little insect, Keith! I´m with Rosalyn, but I still don´t like them because they´re a pain but truely importat!

Thanks Stephan............glad you like the photo. You're not alone in not liking wasps, but unless they become dangerous to me I'm happy to leave them alone.

Great details, Keith ! A Fine close-up !

Thank you Ulrich..........you're very kind as always.

Die Tränke in meinem Garten wird von Insekten, Vögeln, Igeln und Kater Fritzi benutzt. In jedem Garten sollte es eine Tränke für die Tiere geben.
Eine schöne detaillierte Aufnahme, Keith! Ich wünsche dir einen angenehmen Sonntagabend!

I have 3 bird baths situated in different parts of the garden.........used mainly by birds and recently by these wasps. I haven't had a hedgehog in my garden for years........they're very much in decline in the UK. One of my neighbours has several cats.......all they seem to do is leave a smelly mess in the garden, which really annoys me.

Oh, and when we look after our daughter's dog, he ignores the fresh water we put down for him and drinks directly from the bird baths :-))

Glad you like the shot...........and have a good evening and a lovely week to come.

what a great scene!
and totally sharp!

Thank you so much Berny..........you're very kind.

What a wonderful shot, Keith!! I never have thought about a wasp drinking water. I wonder if all insects do that?

Thank you Eunice.........you're very kind. I way assume most insects drink water in some way or other. Wasps and bees are regulars on my bird baths, but I think other insect get water off leaves of plants or grass or from whatever else they eat (including other insects).

Stunning detail and true colours in a superb close up, Keith
We had to evict a couple from the house in the last few days, a nest close by I guess

Thank you Roger............glad you like it.

We rarely get them in the house. We have heavy nets on the windows and use chains on the door (a bit like the ones you see on butchers shops), which I had custom made in different coloured metal (quite expensive, but better than the ones you see with plastic strips or beads hanging down and they last forever).

Wonderful image. We put shallow saucers etc put for visit wasps and bees and the pigeons seem to like them for some odd reason

Thanks. I know what you mean, we get more wasps in our bird baths than birds :-))

Hahaha,auch eine Biene wird mal durstig lieber Keith,da hast du gleich eine sehr schöne Nahaufnahme machen können :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,liebe Grüße Güni :))