Wasp baiting

[LordV]

After much trying I finally managed to bait some wasps with a small piece of raw fish. The wasps were biting off small chunks and carrying them back to their nest.
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Brian V.

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[short5]

Wow:shock:, thats all:)

[iveco]

Stunning detail

:eek:

[racketman]

Good series, they need all the help they can get this summer - seem to be very few around.

[Keith Newton]

Very nice. Were they flying away with the big chunks of fish to lay eggs in, or were they eating it?

[Mack1time]

Good Work
You rule Macro!

[andrepaul]

Wonderful series. And that animation is golden, very nice.

[johnkermit1]

great find, interesting bait Brian. i love the animation also! :cool:

[Roy C]

Awesome !

[LordV]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone :)

Toby- seen more wasp workers in the garden this year than last but not as many as a few years ago.
Brian V.

[powerslave]

Do you work for NGC? :D

[LindaB]

Great set of shots and the animated gif :-)

Linda

[illusionest]

absolutely stunning series LordV, i am still amazed by your soft shadows; almost shadowless. wow!

[striving]

Who knew they liked Sushi... lol. Very cool Ani. All nice shots.

[LordV]

Thanks for the comments all :)

Think it was someone else on this forum that suggested baiting them with fish :)

Illusionist - think the lack of shadows is partly because I was shooting many of these on the arm of a white plastic sunchair which tends to scatter the light well.

Brian V.

[sebastianr]

Wow, very cool to see them cutting out chunks of that meat. Real nice :)

[markimage]

Stunning shots! Which lens were you using Brian?

[skylab]

Super set. Love the animation.

[LordV]

Thanks sebastien, Mark and Brian for the comments :)

Mark- was using my MPE-65 but only around 2:1 or less.
Brian v.