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Wasp with evening snack

Started 7 months ago | Photos thread
philzucker
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Re: Wasp with evening snack

AeroPhotographer wrote:

Thank you Phil.

I've surprised by the hair. Most (but not all) my wasps are bald like this:

And the few that I shoot with hair, have much shorter hair.

Alan

Thanks for looking, Alan.

Well, there a "tens of thousands described species" of wasps according to the Wikipedia, and some of them probably may have more and longer hairs then others. I concur with you that most wasps I see are indeed from the less hairy type - like this one:

But sometimes I also run across hairy ones, like this one taken recently (look at its head):

Or this dead one - I made a stack of its head:

So the species do vary - and all are very interesting in their own special appearance, aren't they?

Phil

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